Choisy, J.D. (1833), Convolvulaceae Orientales. Memoires de la Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve 6(2): 439 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "V.s. primò ex Gaudichaud, demùm in h. Lambert et h. Br. Mus.) Hab. Polynesiam (ins. Mariannes, Sandwich, Norfolk Island, N.S.W. Endeavour River)

Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(7): 817 [basionym]

basionym of: Ipomoea insularis (Choisy) Steud. legitimate

Ooststroom, S.J. van (1940), The Convolvulaceae of Malaysia, III: The Genus Ipomoea. Blumea 3(3): 500 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ipomoea congesta R.Br. legitimate

Austin, D.F. (1986), Nomenclature of the Ipomoea nil complex (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 35: 357 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 307 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [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: 432 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "POLYNESIA. Friendly Islands, D. Nelson (lectotype BM001209580, 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: 433 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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