Ipomoea alba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 161. 1753.

"Habitat in Malabariae arenosis, arbores scandens." RCN: 1280.

Replaced synonym of: Ipomoea bona-nox L. (1762), nom. illeg.

Lectotype (Verdcourt in Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Convolvulaceae: 130. 1963): [icon] “Munda-valli” in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 11: 103, t. 50. 1692.

Current name: Ipomoea alba L. ( Convolvulaceae).

Note: Meeuse (in Bothalia 6: 765. 1958) wrongly treated Rheede’s 11: t. 49 as the type but this plate did not form part of the protologue.