Ipomoea corymbosa

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Convolvulaceae/Ipomoea

At a glance

Occurrence records403

Data sources10

Biological traits24

DNA specimens13

eDNA detections10

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Ipomoea corymbosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility403 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗

dukesphytochemcompounds

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Chemical compositionDukesPhytochem · LOTUS25 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF403 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries10 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD13 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 30

01Narrative

Ipomoea corymbosa is a species of morning glory, native throughout Latin America from Mexico as far south as Peru and widely naturalised elsewhere. Its common names include Christmasvine, Christmaspops, and snakeplant.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Fruit length9 mm

Fruit width5 mm

Seed length4.5 mm

Seed mass27.39 mg

Seed mass max33 mg

Seed mass min23.44 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscencedehiscent

Flowering timennnnyyyyyynn

Life formliana

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberobligatory

Elevation max1 000 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: climber_herbaceous · TRY: Vine

Habitat GIFTÁrea Antrópica, Carrasco, Floresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)

Woodinessvariable

⚠ sources differ — TRY: non-woody/woody · AusTraits: woody · GIFT: non-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition25 compounds

Compounds documented for Ipomoea corymbosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

💊 Medicinal use documented

Compound class profile3 classes

Ergot alkaloids8

Kaurane and Phyllocladane diterpenoids3

Flavones1

Documented compounds25 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
ALKALOIDS	560 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ISOERGINE	190 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ERGINE	100 ppm	DukesPhytochem
CHANOCLAVINE	40 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ERGOMETRINE	20 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ERGOMETRININE	20 ppm	DukesPhytochem
ELYMOICLAVINE	15 ppm	DukesPhytochem

05DNA & barcoding13 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ipomoea corymbosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens13

Marker genes5

eDNA detections10

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Ipomoea corymbosa carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 30 n = 15

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records30–302n range30median30mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 302×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — FRITSCH, R. 1972. Chromosomenzahlen von Pflanzen der Insel Kuba. II. Kulturpflanze 19: 305-313.

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Von Reinhard, F. 1972

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type403 records

Wild obs. + sensor316

Museum / vouchered87

Origin

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 292 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 133≤1 km 54≤10 km 25>10 km 11

223 georeferenced · 93 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor316

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 82 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence87

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions6 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	4
EL PASO, US	2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record	2
JBRJlocation not on record	2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexicolocation not on record	1
Sociedad Para el Estudio de los Recursos Bioticos de Oaxacalocation not on record	1
Chapel Hill, US	1
Ann Arbor, US	1
Miami, US	1
Montréal, CA	1

10 institutions · 16 of 87 vouchered records shown · 71 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA10 detections

Where the DNA of Ipomoea corymbosa was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found10

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 10 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

Bosque tropical caducifolio

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.0 °C 18.5–25.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter4.50 °C

Max temp (day)28.2 °C 22.3–29.1

Min temp (night)19.9 °C 14.3–22.1

Precipitation58.4 mm/mo 27.8–178

Air humidity61.3 % 57.8–64.8

Moisture balance-36.1 mm/mo -98.5–47.4

Vapour deficit1,152 Pa 773–1,358

Wind speed1.40 m/s 0.9–2.10

Cloud cover29.2 % 27.6–32.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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