Ipomoea coptica(L.) Roth

alamovine

WFO wfo-0001296665 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 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 coptica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. a Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-03-17 / obs. 14421771
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126702596
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. c Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 14421779
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. d Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126702557
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. e rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197761026
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by rosshawkins
fig. f rosshawkins, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197761170
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by Nic Knott-Craig
fig. g Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65629569
Ipomoea coptica, photographed by Nic Knott-Craig
fig. h Nic Knott-Craig, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65629592

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Native range 42 botanical countries

Regions where Ipomoea coptica is native: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia AngolaBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGhanaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweIndiaMalayaMyanmarNew GuineaSri LankaThailandNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia Cape Verde
Native distribution of Ipomoea coptica, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Cape Verde CVI
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU

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 10 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.

  • Convolvulus copticus L.
  • Convolvulus stipulatus Desr.
  • Convolvulus thonningii Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Ipomoea dissecta Willd.
  • Ipomoea dissecta var. malvifolia (Hallier f.) Rendle
  • Ipomoea multisecta Welw.
  • Ipomoea palmatisecta Bojer ex Choisy
  • Ipomoea thonningii (Schumach. & Thonn.) G.Don
  • Operculina coptica (L.) House
  • Sanilum copticum Raf.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.

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