Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ipomoea setifera Poir. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pai	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calystegia setifera (Poir.) Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 316 (1869).
Calystegia setifera var. poeppigii Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 317 (1869).
Convolvulus bracteatus Bertero & Balb. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 359 (1845), not validly publ.
Convolvulus breviflorus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 606 (1824).
Convolvulus ruber Vahl Eclog. Amer. 2: 12 (1798).
Convolvulus setifer (Poir.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 597 (1824).
Ipomoea breviflora (Spreng.) G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 100 (1818).
Ipomoea lesteri Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 83 (1892).
Ipomoea pandurata var. cuspidata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 445 (1891).
Ipomoea rubra (Vahl) Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 86 (1895), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea rubra var. alboflavida Urb. Symb. Antill. 3: 345 (1902).
Ipomoea serrulifera Standl. & L.O.Williams Ceiba 3: 128 (1952).
Ipomoea setifera var. poeppigii (Meisn.) Hoehne Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(6): 63 (1922).
Ipomoea teretistigma var. setifera (Poir.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 373 (1845).
Sciadiara ruber (Vahl) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomea setifera Poir	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Ipomoea setifera Poir.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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