Linnaeus, C. (1762), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 1: 219 [tax. nov.]

Roth, A.W. (1787), Botanische Abhandlungen und Beobachtungen: 27 [basionym]

basionym of: Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth legitimate

Ooststroom, S.J. van (1940), The Convolvulaceae of Malaysia, III: The Genus Ipomoea. Blumea 3(3): 496 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth legitimate

Austin, D.F. (1975), Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 164. Convolvulaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 62(1): 193 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "U.S.A., illustration of ,Convolvulus folio cordato glabro flore violaceo Dill., Hort. Elth. t. 84, fig. 97. 1732."

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth 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: 447 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth legitimate

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