Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Convolvulaceae Family Profile Convolvulaceae Family Description A family of about 59 genera and ca. 1900 species, cosmopolitan but more common in tropical and subtropical regions; 21 genera occur naturally in Australia. Genera Argyreia - A genus of about 90 species in Asia, Malesia and Australia; one or perhaps two species occur naturally in Australia. Ooststroom (1953). One species has become naturalised. Camonea - A genus of five species in tropical America, Africa, Asia, Malesia and Australia; two species occur in Australia. Simoes & Staples (2017). Decalobanthus - A genus of 12 species in Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands, one widespread species occurs from eastern Africa to the Pacific and Australia; one species occurs naturally in Australia. Simoes & Staples (2017). Distimake - A genus of ca. 35 species in tropical America, Africa, Asia, Malesia and the westerm Pacific islands; three species occur naturally in Australia. Ca. four species have become naturalised in Australia. Simoes & Staples (2017). Erycibe - A genus of about 60-70 species in Japan, China, SE Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, Australia and perhaps some Pacific islands; one or two species occur naturally in Australia. Hoogland in Ooststroom (1953). Ipomoea - A genus of about 500 species, pantropic and extending into the subtropics of the world; more than 30 species occur naturally in Australia and about 15 species have become naturalised. Ooststroom (1953). Jacquemontia - A genus of about 120 species, particularly well developed in tropical and subtropical America but also in Africa(?), Asia, Malesia and Australia; a few species occur naturally in Australia. Ooststroom (1953). Lepistemon - A genus of about 10 species in Africa, Asia, Malesia and Australia; one species occurs naturally in Australia. Ooststroom (1953). Merremia - A genus of 10 species in Africa, Asia, Malesia and Australia; four species occur naturally in Australia. Ooststroom (1953); Simoes & Staples (2017). Operculina - A genus of about 20 species, pantropic; four or more species occur naturally in Australia. Ooststroom (1953). Stictocardia - A genus of ten species, pantropical; two species occur naturally in Australia. Ooststroom (1953); Johnson (2004). Turbina - A genus of two or more species in tropical America; one species has become naturalised in Australia. Ooststroom (1953). Xenostegia - A genus of two species in tropical parts of the world; one species occurs naturally in Australia. Wheeler et al. (1992). References Johnson, R.W. (2004). Stictocardia Hallier f. (Convolvulaceae) in Queensland. Austrobaileya 6(4): 631-637. Ooststroom, S.J. van (1953). Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana.' Ser. 1, Vol. 4: 388-512. Simoes, A.R. & Staples, G.W. (2017) Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183: 561-586. Wheeler, J.R. & Marchant, N.G. (1992). Convolvulaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region.: 737-759. CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images..