Ipomoea imperati

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Family:	CONVOLVULACEAE
Species:	Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
Common Name:	Beach Morning Glory; Dune Morning Glory
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Vine
Duration:	Perennial
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	IPIM
Plant Notes:	Beach Morning Glory is a native herbaceous perennial stoloniferous vine in the Morning Glory family (Convolvulaceae). It can be found in coastal Alabama. Beach Morning Glory occurs on sandy beaches and dunes. It is a perennial with creeping stems up to 30 feet in length that root at the nodes, and short upright branches. The stems are glabrous and green or purple-red in color. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, oblong to pandurate in outline, with entire margins. The leaves are glabrous and coriaceous. The large flowers are solitary from the axils of the leaves. Sepals are rounded, coriaceous, and overlapping. The white flower is campanulate with a yellow throat. The fruit is a capsule with 2-4 large hairy seed. Beach Morning Glory is occasionally available from native plant nurseries. It can also be grown from seed or sections of the stem. Beach Morning Glory is an attractive native perennial that is drought and salt tolerant. It does well in low-nutrient soils, and is an important sand stabilizer. It can be used in coastal landscapes for dune restoration and as a groundcover.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Native
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	CONVOLVULACEAE - Morning-Glory family
Genus	Ipomoea
Species	Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. - Beach Morning Glory; Dune Morning Glory

Citation

Citation	Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 203. 1866.
Basionym:	Convolvulus imperati Vahl 1790.
Type:	ITALY: Campania: Near Naples, without data (lectotype: Imperato, Hist. Nat. 671(pl.). 1692). Lectotypified by La Valva & Sabato, Taxon 32: 111-113. 1983.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Batatas sinuata	Batatas sinuata (Petagna) Gussone, Enum. Pl. Inarim. 210. 1854.	Convolvulus sinuatus Petagna 1787.
Convolvulus acetosifolius	Convolvulus acetosifolius Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 1: 18. 1797.		Without data, von Rohr 139 (holotype: C).
Convolvulus arenarius	Convolvulus arenarius Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 18. 1790.		AZORES
Convolvulus carnosus	Convolvulus carnosus (R. Brown) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 609. 1824.	Ipomoea carnosa R. Brown 1810.
Convolvulus imperati	Convolvulus imperati Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 17. 1790.		ITALY: Campania: Near Naples, without data (lectotype: Imperato, Hist. Nat. 671(pl.). 1692). Lectotypified by La Valva & Sabato, Taxon 32: 111-113. 1983.
Convolvulus littoralis	Convolvulus littoralis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed 10. 924. 1759.		Without data (lectotype: Plumier, in Burman, Pl. Amer. t. 90(2). 1756). Lectotypified by D. F. Austin, in Woodson & Schery, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 199. 1975.
Convolvulus sinuatus	Convolvulus sinuatus Petagna, Inst. Bot. 353. 1787.		ITALY: Campania: Bagnoli, near Naples, s.d., Petagna 217 (lectotype: PORUN). Lectotypified by La Valva & Sabato, Taxon 32: 110-114. 1983.
Convolvulus stolonifer	Convolvulus stolonifer Cirillo, Pl. Rar. Neapol. 1: 14. 1788, nom. illegit.	Convolvulus sinuatus Petagna 1787.
Ipomoea arenaria	Ipomoea arenaria (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 4: 247. 1819.	Convolvulus arenarius Vahl 1790.
Ipomoea carnosa	Ipomoea carnosa R. Brown, Prodr. 485. 1810.		AUSTRALIA
Ipomoea deppeana	Ipomoea deppeana G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 276. 1837.		MEXICO
Ipomoea fauriei	Ipomoea fauriei H. Léveillé, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 154. 1911.		HAWAII
Ipomoea littoralis	Ipomoea littoralis (Linnaeus) Boissier, Fl. Orient. 4: 112. 1875, non Blume 1825, nec Thwaites 1860.	Convolvulus littoralis Linnaeus 1759.
Ipomoea mexicana	Ipomoea mexicana A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. 1878.	Pharbitis diversifolia Lindley 1837.
Ipomoea acetosaefolia	Ipomoea acetosifolia (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 4: 246. 1819.	Convolvulus acetosifolius Vahl 1797.
Ipomoea stolonifera	Ipomoea stolonifera J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 345. 1791, nom. illegit.	Convolvulus stolonifer Cirillo 1788, nom. illegit.; Convolvulus sinuatus Petagna 1787.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Mobile

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 1964

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
AMAL00007933	Mobile	26 May 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11880	AMAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UNA00038909	Baldwin	13 May 1950	Stallard, W.A. 46	UNA Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
ALNHS00004282	Mobile	25 Aug 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2551	ALNHS Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
UWAL0016931	Baldwin	05 Aug 2012	England, J. Kevin 3873	UWAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UWAL0043225	Baldwin	12 Oct 2000	West, Chan 594	UWAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
TROY000003993	Mobile	26 May 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11880	TROY Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
AUA_ACC_5422	Baldwin	27 Jul 1968	Allen, Lenora	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
AMAL00018985	Baldwin	08 Jul 2012	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13533	AMAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UNA00038911	Mobile	26 Jun 1964	Deramus, Rebecca D147	UNA Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
SAMF0002995	Baldwin	03 Jun 2015	Davenport, Lawrence J. 5813	SAMF Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UWAL0012609	Baldwin	08 Jul 2012	Spaulding, Daniel D. 13533	UWAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
AUA_ACC_42953	Baldwin	8 Nov 1975	Willis, Stephen F. 240	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
ALNHS00004324	Mobile	07 Sep 2016	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2460	ALNHS Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
JSU128355	Baldwin	17 May 1974	Landers, Kenneth E. RDW-3201	JSU Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
AUA_ACC_13808	Baldwin	5 Aug 1967	Thompson, Olivia C.	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
JSU128354	Baldwin	15 Oct 1982	Whetstone, R. David 12833	JSU Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UNA00038910	Mobile	18 Jul 1878	Mohr, Charles s.n.	UNA Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
AUA_ACC_69701	Mobile	15 Apr 2007	Gindl, Carolyn M. 17	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
AUA_ACC_5423	Baldwin	27 Jul 1968	Barwick, L.H.	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
UNA00061144	Mobile	26 May 2003	Spaulding, Daniel D. 11880	UNA Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
ALNHS00001462	Baldwin	12 Sep 2012	Barger, T. Wayne SP#774	ALNHS Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
UNA00053481	Mobile	27 Apr 1968	Thomas, Joab L. 1679	UNA Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
ALNHS00003663	Baldwin	9 Dec 2015	Barger, T. Wayne SP#2117	ALNHS Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
AUA_ACC_56256	Baldwin	14 Aug 1973	Kral, Robert 51296	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
UWAL0038806	Mobile	02 Oct 2015	Keener, Brian R. 9273	UWAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UNA00067984	Baldwin	24 Oct 2007	Steakley, Cherie Bryant 1374	UNA Ipomoea stolonifera (Cirillo) J.F. Gmel.
UWAL0011359	Baldwin	19 Sep 2011	Keener, Brian R. 6738	UWAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
USAM000005480	Mobile	09 Jun 1967	LeLong, Michel G. 3257	USAM Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
JSU128353	Baldwin	15 Oct 1982	Whetstone, R. David 12851	JSU Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach
UNA00038912	Mobile	03 Aug 1964	Deramus, Rebecca D201	UNA Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
AUA_ACC_11713	Baldwin	29 Apr 1967	Barrick, William E.	AUA Ipomoea Imperati (Vahl) Griseb.
UWAL0043224	Baldwin	23 Aug 2001	Larsen, Harry S. 906	UWAL Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.

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Data last modified: 11/9/2024

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2024. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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