Ipomoea violacea
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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Ipomoea violacea is a perennial species of Ipomoea that occurs throughout the world with the exception of the European continent. It is most commonly called beach moonflower or sea moonflower as the flowers open at night.{{GRIN | access-date = 18 December 2017}}
Description
The corolla of the flower of Ipomoea violacea is white, distinguishing this species from Ipomoea tricolor, commonly called Heavenly Blue. It is sometimes mistaken for the cultivar Pearly Gates, the corolla of which is also white, probably because of its
misleading Latin binomial name, Ipomoea violacea, "violacea" meaning purple.{{Cite web |url=http://sonneratphoto.mnhn.fr/2012/03/06/4/P00438139.jpg |title=Herbarium musei parisiensis |access-date=2012-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220541/http://sonneratphoto.mnhn.fr/2012/03/06/4/P00438139.jpg |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}
Comparative taxonomies
A comparison of the taxonomy of the two plants shows that they belong to different Subgenera, consequently, Ipomoea violacea should not be used as a synonym for Ipomoea tricolor. In exceptional cases where Ipomoea violacea has to be used as a synonym of Ipomoea tricolor, one must specify the incorrect usage by using the abbreviation 'Auct.' for Auctorum.{{GRIN | Ipomoea violacea auct. | 406360 | access-date = 18 December 2017}}{{Cite book | vauthors = Eich E |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |title=Solanaceae and convolvulaceae - secondary metabolites: biosynthesis, chemotaxonomy, biological and economic significance: a handbook |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-540-74540-2 |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |publication-date=January 12, 2008 |language=En |chapter=4.2 Ergolines |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |oclc=195613136
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“Such a confusing example resulting in numerous false repetitions in studies of other authors has happened already in the first ergoline paper on Ipomoea tricolor Cav. whose seeds are known as “badoh negro”: Together with this correct synonym the species was incorrectly called I. violacea L. (Hofmann 1964) instead of I. violacea auct., non L. This is of importance since I. violacea L. is the currently accepted name of a different Ipomoea species, I. tuba (Schlecht.) G.Don (Austin and Huáman 1996).” 4.2.3 Occurrence in the Convolvulaceae (p. 224)}}
:* Genus: Ipomoea
::*Subgenus: Eriospermum
:::*Section: Erpipomoea
Ipomoea tricolor:{{GRIN | Ipomoea tricolor | 20231 | access-date = 18 December 2017}}
:*Genus: Ipomoea
::*Subgenus: Quamoclit
:::*Section: Tricolor
Ergoline Alkaloids
Ipomoea violacea is no longer a synonym for Ipomoea tricolor.{{Cite journal |last=Manitz |first=Hermann |date=January 1977 |title=Was ist Ipomoea violacea L.? |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fedr.19770880404 |journal=Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis |language=de |volume=88 |issue=4 |pages=265–271 |doi=10.1002/fedr.19770880404 |issn=0014-8962}}{{Cite book | vauthors = Eich E |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |title=Solanaceae and convolvulaceae - secondary metabolites: biosynthesis, chemotaxonomy, biological and economic significance: a handbook |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-540-74540-2 |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |publication-date=January 12, 2008 |language=En |chapter=4.2 Ergolines |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |oclc=195613136
|postscript=
“Such a confusing example resulting in numerous false repetitions in studies of other authors has happened already in the first ergoline paper on Ipomoea tricolor Cav. whose seeds are known as “badoh negro”: Together with this correct synonym the species was incorrectly called I. violacea L. (Hofmann 1964) instead of I. violacea auct., non L. This is of importance since I. violacea L. is the currently accepted name of a different Ipomoea species, I. tuba (Schlecht.) G.Don (Austin and Huáman 1996).” 4.2.3 Occurrence in the Convolvulaceae (p. 224)}} Ipomoea tricolor contains ergolines, along with 24 other Ipomoeas,{{Cite book | vauthors = Eich E |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |title=Solanaceae and convolvulaceae - secondary metabolites: biosynthesis, chemotaxonomy, biological and economic significance: a handbook |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-540-74540-2 |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |publication-date=January 12, 2008 |language=En |chapter=4.2 Ergolines |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |oclc=195613136}}
Table 4.1 Unambiguously ergoline-positive Ipomoea species (pages 225-227)
Related species contain ergolines too:
Table 4.4 Unambiguously ergoline-positive Argyreia species (p. 236)
Table 4.5 Unambiguously ergoline-positive Stictocardia and Turbina species (p. 238) but I. violacea is not among them.{{Cite book | vauthors = Eich E |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZpYtUED_DSsC&pg=PA235 |title=Solanaceae and convolvulaceae - secondary metabolites: biosynthesis, chemotaxonomy, biological and economic significance: a handbook |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-540-74540-2 |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |publication-date=January 12, 2008 |language=En |chapter=4.2 Ergolines |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-74541-9 |oclc=195613136 |pages=235 |postscript=
Table 4.3 Ipomoea species apparently devoid of ergoline alkaloids (p. 235)}}
References
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External links
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