Convolvulaceae
This list of genera was made in April 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Buril et al. 2015, Rattanakrajang, et al. 2022, Simões et al. 2024, Simões & Staples (2017), Stefanović et al. 2003 and Williams et al. 2014. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Aniseia Choisy | Iseia O’Donell | |
| Argyreia Lour. | Rivea Choisy | |
| Astripomoea A.Meeuse | ||
| Bonamia Thouars | Perispermum O.Deg. | |
| Calonyction Choisy | Ipomoea L. | |
| Calycobolus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. | Prevostea Choisy | |
| Calystegia R.Br. | Convolvulus L. | |
| Camonea Raf. (prev. under Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.) | ||
| Cardiochlamys Oliv. | ||
| Cladostigma Radlk. | ||
| Convolvulus L. | Calystegia R.Br. | |
| Cressa L. | ||
| Cuscuta L. | ||
| Daustinia Buril & A.R.Simões (prev. under Jacquemontia Choisy) | ||
| Decalobanthus Ooststr. (prev. under Ipomoea L., Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.) | ||
| Dichondra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | ||
| Dicranostyles Benth. | ||
| Dinetus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don | ||
| Dipteropeltis Hallier f. | ||
| Distimake Raf. (prev. under Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.) | ||
| Erycibe Roxb. | Fissipetalum Merr. | |
| Evolvulus L. | ||
| Exogonium Choisy | Ipomoea L. | |
| Falkia Thunb. | ||
| Fissipetalum Merr. | Erycibe Roxb. | |
| Hewittia Wight & Arn. | ||
| Hildebrandtia Vatke | ||
| Humbertia Lam. | ||
| Hygrocharis Hochst. ex A.Rich. | Nephrophyllum A.Rich. | |
| Ipomoea L. | Calonyction Choisy, Exogonium Choisy, Lepistemon Blume, Quamoclit Mill. | |
| Iseia O’Donell | Aniseia Choisy | |
| Jacquemontia Choisy | ||
| Lepistemon Blume | Ipomoea L. | |
| Maripa Aubl. | ||
| Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. | ||
| Metaporana N.E.Br. | ||
| Nephrophyllum A.Rich. (prev. under Hygrocharis Hochst. ex A.Rich.) | Hygrocharis Hochst. ex A.Rich. | |
| Neuropeltis Wall. | ||
| Odonellia K.R.Robertson | ||
| Operculina Silva Manso | ||
| Perispermum O.Deg. | Bonamia Thouars | |
| Polymeria R.Br. | ||
| Porana Burm.f. | ||
| Poranopsis Roberty (prev. under Porana Burm.f.) | ||
| Prevostea Choisy | Calycobolus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. | |
| Quamoclit Mill. | Ipomoea L. | |
| Rivea Choisy | Argyreia Lour. | |
| Seddera Hochst. | ||
| Stictocardia Hallier f. | ||
| Stylisma Raf. | ||
| Turbina Raf. | ||
| Tridynamia Gagnep. (prev. under Porana Burm.f.) | ||
| Wilsonia R.Br. | ||
| Xenostegia D.F.Austin & Staples |
References
- Buril, M.T., Simões, A.R.G., Carine, M., Alves, M. (2015). Daustinia, a replacement name for Austinia (Convolvulaceae). Phytotaxa. 197, 60. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.197.1.8
- Rattanakrajang, P., Sumanon, P., Traiperm, P., Staples, G., Utteridge, T. (2022). Reduction of Blinkworthia (Convolvulaceae) based on multilocus phylogenetic reconstruction and resurrection of a species from synonymy revealed by phenetic analyses. Kew Bulletin, 77, 859–883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-022-10052-1
- Simões A.R.G., Shimpale V.B., Rattanakrajang P., Traiperm P., Kagame S.P., Huerta-Ramos G., Goray S., Gowda V., Nayi T., Moreira A.L.C., Barbosa J.C.J., More S.S., Paixão C.P., Atta-Adjei P., Williams B.D., Eserman L.A. (2024). Reinstating Palaeotropical genera of Convolvulaceae: Argyreia, Stictocardia, Turbina and Astripomoea (tribe Ipomoeeae, subtribe Argyreiineae). Rheedea, 34, 5, 533-552. https://dx.doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2024.34.05.15
- Simões, A.R.G., Staples, G. (2017). Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 183, 4, 561–586. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box007
- Stefanović, S., Austin, D.F., Olmstead, R.G. (2003). Classification of Convolvulaceae: A phylogenetic approach. Systematic Botany, 28, 4, 791-806. https://doi.org/10.1043/02-45.1
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Williams, B.R.M., Mitchell, T.C., Wood, J.R.I., Harris, D.J., Scotland, R.W. and Carine, M.A. (2014). Integrating DNA barcode data in a monographic study of Convolvulus. Taxon, 63, 1287-1306. https://doi.org/10.12705/636.9
Foto: Ipomoea L. © María Paola Sánchez