''Calystegia'' (bindweed, false bindweed, or morning glory) is a genus of about 25 species of

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s in the bindweed family

Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae (), commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species. These species are primarily herbaceous vines, but also include trees, shrubs and herbs. The tubers of several spe ...

. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and subtropical regions, but with half of the species

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. They are

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or herbaceous

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twining

vine A vine (Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themsel ...

s growing 1–5 m tall, with spirally arranged leaves. The

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s are trumpet-shaped, 3–10 cm diameter, white or pink, with (in most species) a sometimes inflated basal epicalyx. The genus bears much similarity to a related genus ''

Convolvulus ''Convolvulus'' is a genus of about 200 to 250''Convolvulus''.
Flora of China.

'', and is sometimes combined with it; it is distinguished primarily by the pollen being smooth, and in the ovary being unilocular. Some of the species, notably '' Calystegia sepium'' and '' C. silvatica'', are problematic

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s, which can swamp other more valuable plants by climbing over them, but some are also deliberately grown for their attractive

s. ''Calystegia'' species are eaten by the

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e of some Lepidoptera species including ''

Bedellia somnulentella ''Bedellia somnulentella'', the sweet potato leaf miner, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. Description The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The larvae feed on '' Calystegia pubescens'', ''Calystegia sepium'', ''Convolvulus althaeoides'', ''Conv ...

'' (recorded on ''C. sepium'') and

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. The name is derived from two Greek words ''kalyx'' or ''kalux'', "cup", and ''stege'', "a covering", meaning "a covering cup", this refers to the large bracts that cover the sepals.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Calystegia'': *''

Calystegia affinis ''Calystegia affinis'' is a critically endangered species of climbing or creeping vine in the plant family Convolvulaceae. It is endemic to Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. In 2003 only about 45 mature plants were known, with about 40 of tho ...

'' *'' Calystegia atriplicifolia'' – nightblooming false bindweed *'' Calystegia binghamiae'' *'' Calystegia brummittii'' *'' Calystegia catesbiana'' – Catesby's false bindweed *'' Calystegia collina'' – Coast Range false bindweed *'' Calystegia felix'' *'' Calystegia hederacea'' – Japanese false bindweed *'' Calystegia × howittiorum'' *'' Calystegia × krauseana'' *'' Calystegia longipes'' – Paiute false bindweed, plateau morning glory *'' Calystegia × lucana'' *'' Calystegia macaunii'' – Macoun's false bindweed *'' Calystegia macrostegia'' – island false bindweed *'' Calystegia malacophylla'' – sierra false bindweed *''

Calystegia marginata ''Calystegia marginata'' is a species of morning glory, found in eastern Australia and New Zealand. A hairless and vigorous perennial climbing plant, with twining stems. The habitat is moist gullies in sclerophyll forest and on rainforest margins ...

'' – small-flowered white bindweed New Zealand *'' Calystegia × melnikovae'' *'' Calystegia occidentalis'' – chaparral false bindweed *'' Calystegia peirsonii'' – Peirson's false bindweed *'' Calystegia pellita'' – hairy false bindweed *'' Calystegia pubescens'' *'' Calystegia × pulchra'' – hairy bindweed *'' Calystegia purpurata'' – Pacific false bindweed *'' Calystegia × scania'' *'' Calystegia sepium'' – large bindweed, hedge bindweed, bearbind, hedgebell (

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) *'' Calystegia silvatica'' – great bindweed, shortstalk bindweed *''

Calystegia soldanella The morning glory ''Calystegia soldanella'' (syn. ''Convolvulus soldanella'') is a species of bindweed known by various common names such as sea bindweed, seashore false bindweed, shore bindweed, shore convolvulus and beach morning glory. Descri ...

'' – sea bindweed, seashore false bindweed, beach morning glory *'' Calystegia spithamaea'' – low false bindweed, upright bindweed *'' Calystegia stebbinsii'' – Stebbins' false bindweed, Stebbins' morning glory *'' Calystegia subacaulis'' – hillside false bindweed *''

Calystegia tuguriorum The morning glory ''Calystegia tuguriorum'' is a species of bindweed Bindweed may refer to: * Some species of Convolvulaceae (bindweed family or morning glory family): ** '' Calystegia'' (bindweed, false bindweed, morning glory), a genus of ab ...

'' – New Zealand bindweed, pōuwhiwhi, pōwhiwhi, rarotawake Pōuwhiwhi_(Calystegia_tuguriorum)

*'' Calystegia vanzuukiae'' File:DSCM1934_Helix_Zaunwinde.jpg File:Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe (8595873042).jpg, '' Calystegia sepium'' ( van Houtte, L., 1853)

References

Flora of China: ''Calystegia''

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q149312 Convolvulaceae genera Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)