Ipomoea purpurea

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q1630964
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Summary

Ipomoea purpurea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,459 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ipomoea[4]
  • Taxon name: Ipomoea purpurea[5]
  • Subclass of: bine[6], useful plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Ipomoea purpurea[9]
  • Has basionym: Convolvulus purpureus[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ipomoea purpurea[11]
  • Commons gallery: Ipomoea purpurea[12]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20214[14]
  • Short name: I. purpurea[15]
  • Taxon common name: tegwch y bore[16], tall morning-glory[17], 紫花牽牛[18], povijnice nachová[19], Prunkwinde[20], aitoelämänlanka[21], 圆叶牵牛[22], 牵牛花[23], 喇叭花[24], 紫花牵牛[25], 牵牛子[26], 圆叶牵牛(毛牵牛)[27], Gloria de la mañana[28]
  • Invasive to: Shanghai[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]

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Identifiers

Ipomoea purpurea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52344[31]. Ipomoea purpurea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4121[32]. Ipomoea purpurea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 580944[33]. Ipomoea purpurea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2928576[34]. Ipomoea purpurea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 30789[35].

Why It Matters

Ipomoea purpurea has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → ipomoea-purpurea
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    Has use → medicinal plant
    Invasive to → Shanghai
    Topic's main category → Category:Ipomoea purpurea
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293568, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
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