Ipomoea

See also: ipomoea

Translingual

Ipomoea hederacea (wild morning glory)

Alternative forms

• Ipomaea (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἴψ (íps, “woodworm”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “resembling”).

Proper noun

Ipomoea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae – many plants, including morning glory and sweet potato.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Convolvulaceae - family; Convolvuloideae - subfamily; Ipomoeeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ipomoea pes-tigridis - type species; for other species see Ipomoea at The Plant List

• See Ipomoea at Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (University of Melbourne)
• Ipomoea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ipomoea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ipomoea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Ipomoea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ipomoea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ipomoea at USDA Plants database
• Ipomoea at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Ipomoea at Tropicos
• Ipomoea at World Register of Marine Species
• Ipomoea at The Plant List