Ipomoea quinquefolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 162. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 1250.

Basionym of: Convolvulus quinquefolius (L.) L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Austin in Woodson & Schery in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 182. 1975): [icon] " Convolvulus quinquefolius glaber Americanus" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 167, f. 6. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 116. 1696.

Current name: Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. ( Convolvulaceae).