Ipomoea

Ipomoea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, including morning glories and sweet potato. Its species range from ornamental vines to important food crops.

Convolvulaceae: Convolvulaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes bindweeds, morning glories, and sweet potatoes. Ipomoea is one of the family's largest and most familiar genera.
Sweet potato: Sweet potato is a tropical perennial vine cultivated for its edible, starchy storage roots. It is the crop species Ipomoea batatas, a major food plant worldwide.
Twining plant: A twining plant climbs by winding its stem around a supporting structure. Many Ipomoea vines climb by twining rather than attaching with tendrils.
Convolvulaceae phylogeny: Convolvulaceae phylogeny is the study of evolutionary relationships among plants in the morning-glory family. Molecular relationships help distinguish Ipomoea from other closely related genera.
Solanales: Solanales is an order of flowering plants that includes Convolvulaceae, nightshades, and several related families. This order places Ipomoea within the wider flowering-plant classification.
Morning glory: Morning glory is a common name for several flowering vines, many of which belong to Ipomoea. The name is strongly associated with ornamental Ipomoea species and their trumpet-shaped flowers.
Photoperiodism: Photoperiodism is an organism's response to changes in the length of day and night. Day length can regulate flowering in some cultivated Ipomoea species.
Domestication of the sweet potato: The domestication of sweet potato is the process by which people selected and cultivated Ipomoea batatas as a crop. It explains how one Ipomoea species became a globally important food plant.
Corolla: The corolla is the collective name for the petals of a flower. Fused, often funnel-shaped corollas are characteristic of many Ipomoea flowers.
Water spinach: Water spinach is an aquatic or semiaquatic leafy vegetable cultivated across tropical and subtropical Asia. It is Ipomoea aquatica, an edible species distinct from sweet potato.

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Ipomoea aquaticaNarrower topic: This genus places the edible aquatic vine among familiar morning glories and other cultivated plants.