Characteristics
Dicots
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
CYPRESSVINE
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Although described from India, I. quamoclit is native to the Americas and was cultivated extensively early on (Austin 2013). A early putative report of it along Tombigbee River, Alabama (Robin 1807: 409; Rafinesque 1817: 50), yields the possibility of it being native to Florida or quite likely an early introduction, as the nearby port area was the point of introduction of many other exotics.
Not Native
FACU (NWPL)
Classification
Citation
IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 159. 1753.
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INDIA: Cult. in Netherlands, without data, Herb. Clifford 66, Ipomoea 1 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Biju, Taxon 51: 755. 2002.
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