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Ipomoea macrantha

Pō‘ue (AT)

Grand Morning-glory

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Grand Morning-glory; German Prunkwinden

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Pō‘ue (AT), Kākā (MK), Poue (PL), Pohue Sina (TS TW), Rau-Pohue Makita (MH), Rau Pohue (RK), Pōue / Pōuwe (PK), Pōuwe (NS)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE pantropical

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land

KEY FEATURES: Perennial herb, twinning or prostrate vine.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	+++	++++	++	++	P	+	P	PW

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
++++	P	P	+++	P	P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Ipomoea macrantha Roemer & Schultes
SYNONYMS: Ipomoea grandiflora [incl. TC]; Ipomoea tuba; Ipomoea violacea; Convolvulus; Calonyction

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Solanales; CONVOLVULACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Ipomoea macrantha.

References:
p.560 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.705 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.598 Hortus 3rd
p.5/055 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.288 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.393e Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02, zM03b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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