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Ipomoea indica

(Burm.) Merr.
Tracheophyta » Solanales » Convolvulaceae » Ipomoea indica
Common name (English)
Blue dawn flower
Ηabitat
FA Hedgerows
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Mexico (Baja California Norte, Campeche, Chiapas, Coahuila, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Distrito Federal, Entre Rios, Formosa, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (Valparaiso), Paraguay (Guaira, Paraguari), Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Colonia, Montevideo, Paysandu, Soriano), Puerto Rico, Belize, Honduras, Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Colombia (Antioquia, Choc, Cundinamarca, Huila, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Sucre), N-Brazil (Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Ecuador, Isla del Coco, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Clarion), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales), Java, Bhutan, India, Darjeeling (I), Bangladesh, China (Guangdong, Nanhai Zhudao), Taiwan, Indonesia, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Yangon), New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Java, Moluccas (Ambon), Laos, Ryukyu Isl., Japan (Honshu), peninsular Malaysia (scattered), Sulawesi, Vietnam, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Isl., Sumatra, South Africa (Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Cameroon, Guinea, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zanzibar (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Malawi (I), Benin (I), Mauritius, La Runion, Rodrigues, Madagascar, Sao Tome (I), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Morocco (I), Micronesia (Pohnpei, Satawal, Truk, Moen, Kosrae), Northern Marianas (Agrihan, Alamagan, Guguan, Sarigan), Palau Isl. (Koror, Madmosuk, Ngarakabesang, Angaur), Society Isl. (I), Southern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan, Rota, Guam), Tonga (Tongatapu, 'Eua, Vava'u), Fiji, Norfolk Isl., New Caledonia, Austral Isl. (Rapa Iti), Western Samoa (Savaii), Bonin Isl. (Hahajima), Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Minami-Iwojima), Hawaii (Kure Isl., Midway Isl., Lisianski Isl., Lanai, Nihoa, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.), Rotuma Isl., Baleares (I), France (I), Portugal (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Sicily (I), Greece (I), Crete (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), California (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Louisiana (I), Mississippi (I), Texas (I)) 101283 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual.

First detection year
1960
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Hortiulture – Hort
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Hand R, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (Eds) (2011) – (continuously updated) Flora of Cyprus – a dynamic checklist. Published at http://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/; accessed 30th November 2022.

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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