Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth (Catal. Bot. 1: 36. 1797.)
Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, the Grenadines, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Desecheo, Vieques], Virgin Islands (naturalized) ( St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, ) ], Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Aguinaldo azul claro (Cuba), Aguinaldo violaceo (Cuba), Bejuco de vaca (Puerto Rico), Campana (Dominican Republic), Kaladana (Jamaica), Liseron bleu (L. Antilles), Liseron hallier (L. Antilles), Manto de la virgen (Cuba),
Synonyms: Convolvulus nil L. (Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 219. 1762.), Ipomoea punctata Macfad. (Bot. Misc. 2: 116. 1830.), Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy (in A.L.P.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 342. 1845),
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