Distimake Raf.

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Leeward Is., Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Borneo, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Easter Is., Fiji, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Line Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Pakistan, Phoenix Is., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Sumatera, Tonga, Vanuatu

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Ipomoea.]
• Merrill, E.D. in Merrill, E.D. (1949). Convolvulaceae. Index Rafinesquianus: 22, 196--201. [Cited as Ipomoea.]