cheveux de Venus vs Batate

Ipomoea quamoclit compared with Ipomoea batatas

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	cheveux de Venus	Batate
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
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 quamoclit	Ipomoea batatas

Evolutionary Relationship

cheveux de Venus and Batate share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Ipomoea.

Conservation Status

cheveux de Venus

NE — Not Evaluated

Batate

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	cheveux de Venus	Batate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

cheveux de Venus

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Batate

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (14 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (5 countries), North America (Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

cheveux de Venus

The Cardinal-climber (Ipomoea quamoclit) is a species in the genus Ipomoea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 26 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 🇧🇮 Burundi 🇹🇩 Chad 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇰🇲 Comoros 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇳 Guinea 🇭🇳 Honduras 🇮🇳 India 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇲🇬 Madagascar 🇲🇻 Maldives 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇵🇼 Palau 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 🇺🇸 United States