Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ipomoea imperati
gloria de playa, Don Pedro, bejuco de puerco, beach morning glory
Perennial herb, up to 5m long, with corolla funnel-shaped, white or pale yellow with a purple centre, 3–5 cm. long, glabrous (Flora of China 2002).
Prefers sandy coastal soil (Flora of the Lucayan Archipelago, 2020).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea
Species
imperati
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ipomoea stolonifera (Wood et al., 2020; POWO, 2022)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical coasts around the world (POWO, 2023).
- Austin, D.F. (1982) 165. Convolvulaceae. In: G. Harling & B. Sparre (Eds). Fl. Ecuador 15: 1–98.
- Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
- Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Van der Werff, H.H. (1977) Vascular plants from the Galápagos Islands: new records and taxonomic notes. Bot. Notiser 130(1): 89-100.
- Wood, J. Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Williams, B. & Scotland, R. (2020) A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World Wood, J., Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Williams, B. & Scotland, R. (2020). A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. Phytokeys, 143: 1-823. doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ipomoea imperati", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=380. Accessed 1 November 2026.