Ipomoea meyeri (Spreng.) G. Don (Gen. Hist. 4: 275. 1837-1838.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Synonyms: Convolvulus cuspidatus Willd. ex Spreng. (Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 697. 1824 ["1825"].), Convolvulus meyeri Spreng. (Syst. Veg., ed. 16, 1: 597. 1824 ["1825"].), Ipomoea caerulea Bello (Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 296. 1881.), Ipomoea portoricensis sensu House, non G. Don (Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 18: 208. 1908.), Ipomoea purpurea sensu Griseb., non Roth (Fl. Brit. W. I. 473. 1862.),
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