- Ipomoea violacea
Taxobox
name = "Ipomoea violacea"
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regnum =Plant ae
subregnum =Tracheobionta
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis =Asteridae
ordo =Solanales
familia =Convolvulaceae
genus = "Ipomoea "
species = "I. violacea"
binomial = "Ipomoea violacea"
binomial_authority = L."Ipomoea violacea" is a perennial species of "
Ipomoea " (morning glory) that occurs throughout thetropics , growing incoast al regions.It is most commonly called "beach moonflower" or "sea moonflower" as the blooms, white in colour, open at night.
Most of the plants cultivated under this name, including the popular
cultivar 'Heavenly Blue' and the plants used as a hallucinogen, actually belong to the related species "Ipomoea tricolor ". The true "I. violacea" is rarely seen in cultivation.References
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20238 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Ipomoea violacea"]
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