Ipomoea tricolor
Cav. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Ipomoea tricolor's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 519 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ipomoea tricolor, the Mexican morning glory or just morning glory, is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, native to the New World tropics, and widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere. It is an herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2 - tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, long with a long petiole. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4 - in diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
Physiology & chemistry3
Compounds documented for Ipomoea tricolor across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds30 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R,3S,5R,6S,7S,8R,10S,12S,13R,14R,15R,27S,29R,31R,32R,33S)-6,7,13,14,32,33-hexahydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-12,31-dimethyl-27-pentyl-2,4,9,11,16,28,30-heptaoxatetracyclo[27.4.0.03,8.010,15]tritriacontan-17-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 12-oxo-PDA | present | LOTUS | |
| 5,12-Dihydroxy-11-methyl-6-methylidene-16-oxo-15-oxapentacyclo[9.3.2.15,8.01,10.02,8]heptadecane-9-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| [(1R,3S,5R,6R,7S,8R,10S,12R,13S,14S,15R,27S,29R,31R,32R,33S)-6,13,14,32,33-pentahydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-12,31-dimethyl-17-oxo-27-pentyl-2,4,9,11,16,28,30-heptaoxatetracyclo[27.4.0.03,8.010,15]tritriacontan-7-yl] (11S)-11-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyhexadecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(1R,3S,5R,6R,7S,8R,10S,12S,13R,14R,15R,27S,29R,31R,32R,33S)-6,14,32,33-tetrahydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)-12,31-dimethyl-13-[(2S)-2-methylbutanoyl]oxy-17-oxo-27-pentyl-2,4,9,11,16,28,30-heptaoxatetracyclo[27.4.0.03,8.010,15]tritriacontan-7-yl] (11S)-11-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyhexadecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(1R,3S,5R,6S,7S,8R,10S,12R,13S,14S,15R,27S,29R,31R,32R,33S)-6,7,13,14,32,33-hexahydroxy-12,31-dimethyl-17-oxo-27-pentyl-2,4,9,11,16,28,30-heptaoxatetracyclo[27.4.0.03,8.010,15]tritriacontan-5-yl]methyl (11S)-11-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyhexadecanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2R)-2-hydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxypropyl] 8-[(1S,5S)-4-oxo-5-[(Z)-pent-2-enyl]cyclopent-2-en-1-yl]octanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2S,3S,4R,5R)-2-Methyl-5-(2-methylbutanoyloxy)-6-[[(3R,4S,5R,6R,8R,10S,22S,23R,24R,26R)-4,5,23-trihydroxy-24-(hydroxymethyl)-6-methyl-20-oxo-10-pentyl-2,7,9,21,25-pentaoxatricyclo[20.3.1.03,8]hexacosan-26-yl]oxy]-4-[(3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] 2-methylbutanoate | present | LOTUS | |
| [(6As,9R)-7-Methyl-6,6A,8,9-Tetrahydro-4H-Indolo[4,3-Fg]Quinoline-9-Yl]Methanol | present | NPASS | |
| Chanoclavine | present | LOTUS |
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 tricolor has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Ipomoea tricolor 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.
2n 301×CCDB · Cave1958
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type1 519 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions45 of 70 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Durango, MX | 105 |
| Saint Louis, US | 40 |
| Mexico City, MX | 36 |
| Austin, US | 32 |
| Mérida, MX | 16 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 13 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 12 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 10 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 8 |
| Toluca, MX | 7 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 6 |
| Miami, US | 6 |
| Austin, US | 5 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| LDlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| León, NI | 4 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Riverside, US | 4 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 3 |
| Bronx, US | 3 |
| Tapachula, MX | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 2 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Anchorage, US | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 2 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Chapingo, MX | 2 |
| La Paz, MX | 2 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Florida Atlantic Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Ipomoea tricolor 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.