Ipomoea purga

species of morning glory
Taxon taxon Q1123117
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Summary

Ipomoea purga is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ipomoea[4]
  • Taxon name: Ipomoea purga[5]
  • Commons category: Ipomoea purga[6]
  • Has basionym: Convolvulus purga[7]
  • Commons gallery: Ipomoea purga[8]
  • Described by source: Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20213[17]
  • This taxon is source of: jalap resin[18]
  • Short name: I. purga[19]
  • Taxon common name: jalap[20], Jalapa[21], Jalap-lehtertapp[22], Calapa[23], campanilla[24], campanúla[25], mechoacán[26], chupamiel[27]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
  • Taxon author citation: Wendl. Hayne[29]

Body

Identifiers

Ipomoea purga's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 277789[30]. Ipomoea purga's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 264534[31]. Ipomoea purga's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 483845[32]. Ipomoea purga's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2928628[33]. Ipomoea purga's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506014[34].

Why It Matters

Ipomoea purga has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'ga',
    Taxon author citation → Wendl. Hayne
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Wendl. Hayne, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → jalap resin
    Parent taxon → Ipomoea
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007529247605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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