Definition of Ipomoea pes-caprae

1. Noun. A prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas.

Exact synonyms: Beach Morning Glory, Railroad Vine
Generic synonyms: Morning Glory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ipomoea Pes-caprae

Iowas
Ioway
Iphigeneia
Iphigenia
Ipidae
Ipoh
Ipomoea alba
Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea coccinea
Ipomoea fastigiata
Ipomoea imperialis
Ipomoea leptophylla
Ipomoea nil
Ipomoea orizabensis
Ipomoea panurata
Ipomoea pes-caprae (current term)
Ipomoea purpurea
Ipomoea quamoclit
Ipomoea rubrocoerulea
Ipomoea tricolor
Ipomoea versicolor
Ips
Ipsus
Ipswich
Iqaluit
Iqalummiuq
Iqalummiut
Iqalungmiut
Iquito
Ir

Literary usage of Ipomoea pes-caprae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"Ipomoea pes-caprae is a characteristic, trailing strand plant in the tropics and is quite well represented on Taal Island. Its flowers are entirely like ..."

2. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"... Sandwichiana (Dodder or Pololo) may often be seen growing on Ipomoea pes caprae as well as on Ipomoea tuberculata. Among other Convolvulaceae peculiar ..."

3. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... which is almost ubiquitous in the tropics, and the still commoner and more widely distributed Ipomoea pes-caprae (I. biloba), the extremely long and ..."

4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1915)
"Ipomoea pes-caprae is a characteristic, trailing strand plant in the tropics and is quite well represented on Taal Island. Its flowers are entirely like ..."

5. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"... Sandwichiana (Dodder or Pololo) may often be seen growing on Ipomoea pes caprae as well as on Ipomoea tuberculata. Among other Convolvulaceae peculiar ..."

6. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... which is almost ubiquitous in the tropics, and the still commoner and more widely distributed Ipomoea pes-caprae (I. biloba), the extremely long and ..."

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