Ipomoea wrightii
Coral de sabana / Wright's morning-glory


Ipomoea wrightii

Família/Family: Convolvulaceae

Grupo/Group: Dicotiledónea/Dicotyledon.

Forma de vida/Life form: Trepadora/Vine

Duración de vida/Lifespan: Anual/Annual.

Sustrato/Substrate: Terrestre/Terrestrial.

Distribución nativa/Native range: Origen incierto; reportada como nativa del trópico y subtrópicos del Nuevo Mundo; o de los trópicos del mundo (pantropical); ampliamente distribuida en el Nuevo Mundo. / Origin uncertain; reported as native to the New World tropic and subtropics; also reported for the world tropics (pantropical); widely distributed in the New World.

Mapa de ubicaciones / Map of locations


ESTATUS EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO/STATUS ON THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO
Presencia/Occurence: Presente/Present.

Origen/Origin: Presumiblemente nativa/Presumed native.

Historia y distribución/History and distribution: A rare vine scattered at low elevations. Major geographic regions following Axelrod (2011): Southern Coastal Lowlands (Laguna Guánica as Sintenis 3619 in Acevedo-Rodríguez 2005), Northern Coastal Lowlands (Dorado), Western Coast (Mayagüez). Botanically unique areas following Axelrod (2011): none. Also reported from Sabana Grande (Sintenis 7019 in Acevedo-Rodríguez 2005). Acevedo-Rodríguez (2005) cited this as “apparently exotic” in Puerto Rico, Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2012) cited is as native to Puerto Rico, while Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong (2016) cite it as “native?” to Puerto Rico while considering it to be native to Hispaniola and Cuba. The inferred native status from Axelrod (2011) is native.

CONSERVACIÓN/CONSERVATION
Puerto Rico, estatus legal DRNA/DNER legal status: No enlistado/Not listed.

Puerto Rico, lista de rastreo del DRNA 2007/DNER tracking list 2007: No enlistado/Not listed.

Estatus preliminar del IRC para la isla de Puerto Rico (método del NatureServe 2012)/Preliminary IRC status for the island of Puerto Rico (NatureServe 2012 method): En peligro crítico/Critically imperiled.

Estatus preliminar del IRC para la isla de Puerto Rico (método regional de la Lista Roja de la UICN)/Preliminary IRC status for the island of Puerto Rico (IUCN Red List method): En peligro/Endangered.

Notas de Conservación/Conservation Notes: Recomendada para revisión como de interés para la conservación en Puerto Rico. / Recommended for review as a conservation concern in Puerto Rico.

TAXONOMÍA/TAXONOMY
Nombre científico con autores/Scientific name with authors: Ipomoea wrightii A. Gray

Sinónimos/Synonyms: Ipomoea heptaphylla (Rottler & Willd.) Voight.


Elevaciones/Elevations:
Elevaciones Bajas: < 500 m / Low Elevations: < 500 m


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