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Ipomoea violacea L. (Sp. Pl. 161. 1753.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Barbados, the Grenadines, Martinique, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Cayman Island (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[ Caja de Muertos, Desecheo, Icacos, Mona, Santiago, Vieques], Virgin Islands (native) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (Panama), South America (native), Old World (native), Common Names: Bejuco de luna (Puerto Rico), Belle de nuit (L. Antilles), Ferrocarril (Dominican Republic), Fleur de nuit (L. Antilles), Flor de luna (Puerto Rico), Jabilla (Cuba), Liane blanche bord de mer (L. Antilles), Liane douce (L. Antilles), Moon-vine (Bahamas), Sultane grande (L. Antilles), Synonyms: Calonyction tuba (Schltdl.) Colla (Linnaea 6: 735. 1831.), Convolvulus grandiflorus Jacq. (Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 39. 1776.), Convolvulus tuba Schltdl. (Linnaea 6: 735. 1831.), Ipomoea cathartica sensu Britton & P. Wilson, non Poir. (Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 112. 1925), Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult. (Syst. Veg. 4: 251. 1819.), Ipomoea tuba (Schltdl.) G. Don (Gen. Hist. 4: 271. 1837-1838.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 8). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 10). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 11). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 12). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 14). Tropicos.org. 2008. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Website: www.tropicos.org 15). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. Last edited 11 Aug 09 |