Ipomoea batatoidesChoisy

WFO wfo-0001296886 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2015-10-09 / obs. 4238538
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4238539
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4238540
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4238541
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. e Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4238542
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4238517
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by geralg
fig. g geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57838901
Ipomoea batatoides, photographed by geralg
fig. h geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57838906

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Ipomoea batatoides is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáPeruSurinameVenezuela
Native distribution of Ipomoea batatoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ipomoea dimorphophylla Greenm.
  • Ipomoea glabriuscula House
  • Ipomoea microsticta Hallier f.
  • Ipomoea oaxacana Greenm.
  • Ipomoea philipsonii O'Donell
  • Ipomoea pseudomina K.Schum.
  • Ipomoea reidellii C.F.W.Meissn.
  • Ipomoea riedelii Meisn.
  • Ipomoea teruae Ant.Molina & L.O.Williams

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.