Beach Morning Glory vs Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea pes-caprae compared with Ipomoea tiliacea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Beach Morning Glory	Wild Potato Vine
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Solanales (Solanales)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family same	Convolvulaceae	Convolvulaceae
Genus same	Ipomoea	Ipomoea
Species	Ipomoea pes-caprae	Ipomoea tiliacea

Evolutionary Relationship

Beach Morning Glory and Wild Potato Vine share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Ipomoea.

View Genus: Ipomoea

Conservation Status

Beach Morning Glory

LC — Least Concern

Wild Potato Vine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Beach Morning Glory	Wild Potato Vine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Beach Morning Glory

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Oceanian and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, South Africa), Asia (Israel), Europe (Spain), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Wild Potato Vine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, and Sao Tome and Principe.

Beach Morning Glory

The Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) is a species in the genus Ipomoea. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Oceanian and Palearctic realms.