Paxton, J. (1839), Paxton's Magazine of Botany 6: 267 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "For the introduction of this splendid Ipomoea to British gardens, the lovers of floriculture have to thank Mr. Knight, nurseryman, of the King's Road, Chelsea, through whose persevering liberality Mr. Lear, the individual after whom it is named by the above gentleman, and by whom its seeds were sent to this country, is maintained in the beautiful and fertile island of Ceylon as collector of botanical rarities."

Bailey, F.M. (1901), The Queensland Flora 4: 1059 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 347 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 107 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 350 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 370 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ipomoea leari Paxton orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. legitimate

Bean, A.R. (26 February 2007), A new system for determining which plant species are indigenous in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 20(1): 23 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. legitimate

Wood, J.R.I., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Williams, B.R.M. & Scotland, R.W. (16 March 2020), A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. Phytokeys 143: 434 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Cultivated plant from Sri Lanka sent by Lear (lectotype K000612914, designated here)."

Wood, J.R.I., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Williams, B.R.M. & Scotland, R.W. (16 March 2020), A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. Phytokeys 143: 434 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. legitimate

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