Taxon:  Decalobanthus peltatus (L.) Simões & Staples



Summary
Genus:
Decalobanthus
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Nomen number:
478365
Place of publication:
Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183:571.  2017
Verified:
06/05/2017 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus peltatus L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Merremia peltata (L.) Merr.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Blume

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Reference(s)
  1. Simões, A. R. & G. Staples. 2017. Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183:561-586.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzaniaPemba 
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificPalau  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam 
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificUnited StatesAmerican Samoa 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificWallis and Futuna Islands  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania [Pemba]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Solomon Islands
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Palau, United States [Guam]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Niue, Tonga
Naturalized
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Marshall Islands
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: United States [American Samoa], Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=478365. Accessed 2 June 2025.