| Ipomoea imperati | |
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| Spreading across a beach in Greece | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Ipomoea |
| Species: | I. imperati |
| Binomial name | |
| Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. | |
Ipomoea imperati, the beach morning-glory (a name it shares with Ipomoea pes-caprae), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. Like Ipomoea pes-caprae, its seeds disperse by floating in seawater. It has been found on the sandy shores of every continent except Antarctica.
Ipomoea imperati and I. pes-caprae can be easily can be distinguished in that I. imperati has white flowers and I. pes-caprae usually has purple flowers. The leaves of I. imperati are more linear or lanceolate while those of I. pes-caprae tend to be more circular or ovate.
It is considered an invasive species in some places.
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Close-up of leaves and flower
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References
- Cat. Pl. Cub. 203. 1866
- Lonard, R.I.; Judd, F.W. (1999). "The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands. Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb". Journal of Coastal Research. 15 (3): 645–652. JSTOR 4298981.
- ^ Ruizheng, Fang; Staples, George. "Ipomoea". Flora of China. Vol. 16. Retrieved 17 December 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ipomoea imperati |
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| Convolvulus imperati | |
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