Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 159 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 76 [secondary reference]

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 484 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (16 December 1868), Flora Australiensis 4: 412 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Skinneria Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aniseia Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharbitis Choisy nom. cons.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 94 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Skinneria Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aniseia Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharbitis Choisy nom. cons.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 219, 220 [secondary reference]

common name: Morning Glory [n/a]

House, H.D. (1908), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 18(6.2): 181 [secondary reference]

• Type: Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.

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

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 466 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek ips, ipos, mistakenly supposed by Linnaeus to mean the bindweed; homoios, like."

Ooststroom, S.J. van (1940), The Convolvulaceae of Malaysia, III: The Genus Ipomoea. Blumea 3(3): 481-584 [secondary reference]

Ooststroom, S.J. van (March 1953), Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(4): 458-488 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 701 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek ips, ipos, mistakenly supposed by Linnaeus to mean the bindweed; homoios, like."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 404 [secondary reference]

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 65-66 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 896, 897, 898 [secondary reference]

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

Johnson, R.W. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 288 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Convolvulaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 347-348 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 539-540 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 78 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 57 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 364 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit Mill. legitimate

Johnson, R.W. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 378 [secondary reference]

common name: Morning Glories [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 741-743 [secondary reference]

Yen, D.E., Gaffey , P.M. & Coates, D.J. (9 September 1992), Chromosome numbers of Australian species of Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae). Austrobaileya 3(4): 740-755 [secondary reference]

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 347-348 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Convolvulaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 369-370 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Convolvulaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 127 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 563 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 133 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Ipomaea Endl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclita Raf. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI (native and naturalised), AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 432-433 [secondary reference]

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: 101-105 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Argyreia Lour. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lettsomia Roxb. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lepistemon Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rivea Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharbitis Choisy nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Turbina Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclita Raf. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Plesiagopus Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stictocardia Hallier f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Ipomaea Endl. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Quamoclit Mill. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Argyreia Lour. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lettsomia Roxb. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Lepistemon Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Rivea Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharbitis Choisy nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Calonyction Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Batatas Choisy legitimate taxonomic synonym: Turbina Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Plesiagopus Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Quamoclita Raf. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Ipomoea ser. Urceolatae Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stictocardia Hallier f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepistemon sect. Eulepistemon Kuntze nom. inval.

• APC Comment: Argyreia, Lepistemon and Stictocardia are recognised as distinct genera in Qld.
• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI (native and naturalised), AR, NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (native and naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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