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Scarlet creeper (Ipomoea hederifolia)

Dlium Scarlet creeper (Ipomoea hederifolia)

Scarlet creeper (Ipomoea hederifolia) is a species of plant in the Convolvulaceae, a vigorous perennial shrub, stems growing on the ground or climbing, heart-shaped or many lobed leaves, trumpet-shaped flowers and widely used as an ornamental plant.

I. hederifolia has strong stems, cylindrical or rectangular, dark green or purple in color, coarse white hair, sometimes has roots on internodes, grows creeping and swirling on the ground or climbs by wrapping around the stems of other plants or artificial structures other.





Leaves are round or heart-shaped or many lobed, pointed tip, margin flat, dark green upper side and pale underside. The pulse is centered, moves pinnate and is purple or green in color. The petiole is long, cylindrical with linear grooves and is purple or green in color.

Inflorescences have stems. Bracts are linear or sometimes lanceolate. The crown is trumpet-shaped, glabrous and bright red. The center of the crown and aisles is yellow. The pistil stalk is clear yellow and the head is white.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Tribe: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea L. in Sp. Pl.: 159 (1753)
Species: Ipomoea hederifolia L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 925 (1759)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Convolvulus coccineus var. hederifolius (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 213 (1898)
Convolvulus hederifolius (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 594 (1824)
Ipomoea coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 209 (1878)
Mina hederifolia (L.) Bello in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 294 (1881)
Quamoclit coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) House in Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 18: 262 (1908)
Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 259 (1837)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Convolvulus acutangulus (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus angulatus (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus luteolus (Jacq.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus phoeniceus (Roxb. ex Rottler) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus sanguineus (Vahl) Spreng. (1824)
Doxema sanguinea (Vahl) Raf. in Fl. Tellur. 4: 75 (1838)
Ipomoea acutangula Ruiz & Pav. in Fl. Peruv. 2: 11 (1799)
Ipomoea angularis Willd. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 4: 197 (1770)
Ipomoea angulata Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 464 (1793)
Ipomoea brevipedicellata (Hallier f.) Hallier f. in Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 20 (1922)
Ipomoea coccinea Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 197 (1803)
Ipomoea coccinea Anon. in , non L. (1753)
Ipomoea coccinea var. curviflora Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 472 (1862)
Ipomoea coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 218 (1869)
Ipomoea coccinea f. luteola (Jacq.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 709 (1894)
Ipomoea dichotoma Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 112 (1819)
Ipomoea hephrophylla Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea luteola Jacq. in Collectanea 2: 266 (1788)
Ipomoea nephrophylla Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb. ex Rottler in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 197 (1803)
Ipomoea praematura Eckenw. in Brittonia 41: 75 (1989)
Ipomoea sanguinea Vahl in Symb. Bot. 3: 33 (1794)
Ipomoea stylosa Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 395 (1845)
Quamoclit acutangula (Ruiz & Pav.) Choisy (1845)
Quamoclit angulata (Lam.) Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 224 (1837)
Quamoclit brevipedicellata Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 416 (1899)
Quamoclit coccinea Anon. in , non (L.) Moench
Quamoclit coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Choisy (1845)
Quamoclit dichotoma (Kunth) G.Don (1837)
Quamoclit luteola (Jacq.) G.Don (1837)
Quamoclit phoenicea Wight ex Meisn. (1869)
Quamoclit phoenicea (Roxb. ex Rottler) Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 433 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 51]
Quamoclit sanguinea (Vahl) G.Don (1837)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 心叶茑萝
Chinese (traditional): 心葉蔦蘿
English: Scarlet creeper, Ivy-Leaf Morning-Glory, Scarlet morning glory, Star ipomoea, Trompillo
Finnish: Heloelämänlanka
Hebrew: סקרלט קריפר
Indonesian: Tapak Merah
Japanese: ツタノハルコウ
Kannada: Nakshatra hoovu, Kolli beeja, Halle balli, Gauri beeja
Korean: 스칼렛 크리퍼
Maharashtra: लाल पुंगली
Malayalam: Theepori mulla, Suryakanti
Marathi: Lal pungli
Oria: Panikoda
Portuguese: Amarra-amarra, Batatarana, Corda-de-viola, Corriola, Jetirana, Jitirana, Jitirana-vermelha
Puerto Rico: Cambustera
Russian: Ипомея плющелистная
Spanish: Cambustera, Frijolillo
Tamil: Kanavalikkodi
Telugu: Kasi ratnamu, Adavi Kaasiratnam
Thai: จิงจ้อแดง

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