Ipomoea lobata

Ipomoea lobata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Genus:	Ipomoea
Species:	I. lobata
Binomial name
*Ipomoea lobata* (Cerv.) Thell.
Synonyms
Ipomoea versicolor Meisn. Mina lobata Cerv. Quamoclit lobata

The fire vine (Ipomoea lobata) is an ornamental plant in the Convolvulaceae family, which is native from Brazil. This vine is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

In horticulture, it is sometimes called "Spanish flag". This name is also (and more often) used for Lantana camara, an ornamental shrub.

References

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Ipomoea

Lepidoptera that feed on Ipomoea

Species	I. abrupta I. alba I. amnicola I. aquatica I. arborescens I. aristolochiaefolia I. asarifolia I. batatas I. cairica I. carnea I. chrysocalyx I. coccinea I. cordatotriloba I. costata I. gracilis I. hederacea I. hederifolia I. horsfalliae I. indica I. polymorpha I. purga I. lacunosa I. leptophylla I. lobata I. mauritiana I. nil I. obscura I. quamoclit I. oenotherae I. pandurata I. pes-caprae I. pulcherrima I. purpurea I. sagittata I. simplex I. sloteri I. tastensis I. tricolor I. triloba I. tuberculata I. violacea I. wrightii I. × multifida

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