View source for Ipomoea violacea

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|accepted_name=Ipomoea violacea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 161. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Beach moonflower
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Calonyction tuba
|authority=(Schlechtendal) Colla
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ipomoea tuba
|authority=(Schlechtendal) G. Don
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Ipomoea;Ipomoea violacea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Convolvulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ipomoea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ipomoea violacea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>or lianas. <b>Stems</b> twining, not setose. <b>Leaf</b> blades usually cordate, orbiculate, or ovate, sometimes 3-lobed, 50–160 × 40–150 mm overall, base cordate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Peduncles</b> hairy, hairs retrorse to spreading. <b>Flowers</b> nocturnal; sepals orbiculate or ovate, 15–25 mm, herbaceous, apex emarginate, obtuse, or truncate, abaxial surfaces glabrous or proximally sparsely hirsute; corolla white, limb with yellowish lines, salverform, 50–120 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Dunes, littoral, mangrove sites.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia;Australia.
|discussion=<p>The name Ipomoea violacea has been misapplied to plants of I. tricolor.</p>
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name=Ipomoea violacea
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Calonyction tuba;Ipomoea tuba
|basionyms=
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Dunes, littoral, mangrove sites.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced in Asia;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Ipomoea
|species=Ipomoea violacea
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