Checklist: Convolvulaceae

CONVOLVULACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of species, generated from the database, which are known to have been cultivated in Zimbabwe.

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Ipomoea cairica var. cairica

CUSCUTACEAE  
Literature:   
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)   
Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022) Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique  
 
Names
 
DISTIMAKE Raf.
Distimake tuberosus (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples
Ipomoea tuberosa L.
Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle
Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn.
 
6971.000 DICHONDRA J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
Dichondra micrantha Urb.
Dichondra repens J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. var. repens
 
6973.000 EVOLVULUS L.
Evolvulus glomeratus Nees & Mart.
 
6997.000 MERREMIA Dennst. ex Endl.
 
7003.000 IPOMOEA L.
Ipomoea alba L.
Calonyction aculeatum (L.) House
Calonyction speciosum Choisy
Convolvulus aculeatus L.
Ipomoea bona-nox L.
Ipomoea arborescens (H.B.K.) G. Don
Argyreia oblonga Benth.
Convolvulus arborescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Ipomoea cuernavacensis House
Ipomoea oblonga (Benth.) Hemsl.
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Convolvulus batatas L.
Convolvulus edulis Thunb.
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
var. cairica
Ipomoea carnea Jacq.
subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin
Ipomoea crassicaulis (Benth.) B.L. Rob.
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
Ipomoea hederifolia L.
Ipomoea angulata Lam.
Quamoclit coccinea sensu Baker & Rendle
Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G. Don
Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.
Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.
Convolvulus acuminatus Vahl
Convolvulus indicus Burm.
Ipomoea acuminata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. var. acuminata (Vahl) Fosberg
Pharbitis indica (Burm.) Hagiw.
Ipomoea intrapilosa Rose
Stemmadenia rugosa M.E.Jones
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth
Convolvulus nil L.
Pharbitis nil Choisy
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
Convolvulus purpurea L.
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer
Ipomoea tricolor Cav.
Ipomoea × multifida (Raf.) Shinners
Ipomoea × sloteri (House) Ooststr.
 
7005.000 MINA Cerv.
Mina lobata Cerv.
Ipomoea lobata (Cerv.) Thell.
Quamoclit lobata (La Llave & Lex.) House
 
7010.000 STICTOCARDIA Hallier f.
Stictocardia beraviensis (Vatke) Hallier f.
Argyreia bagshawei Rendle
Ipomoea beraviensis Vatke
 
9686.000 PORANA Burm. f.
Porana paniculata Roxb.

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-26

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2026). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants checklist: Convolvulaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-cult-checklist.php?family_id=62, retrieved 19 May 2026

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