# Calystegia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Calystegia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Calystegia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia > Source revision: 1344756293 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family Convolvulaceae}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Calystegia sepium ssp sepium bluete.jpeg |image_caption = ''[Calystegia sepium](/source/Calystegia_sepium)'' |image2 = Calystegia soldanella 060524wb.jpg |image2_caption = ''[Calystegia soldanella](/source/Calystegia_soldanella)'' |taxon = Calystegia |authority = [R.Br.](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773)) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }} '''''Calystegia''''' ('''bindweed''', '''false bindweed''', or '''morning glory''') is a genus of about 25 species of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the bindweed family [Convolvulaceae](/source/Convolvulaceae). The genus has a [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution) in temperate and subtropical regions, but with half of the species [endemic](/source/endemic_(ecology)) to [California](/source/California). thumb|Flowering ''Calystegia tuguriorum'' ==Description== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2026}} They are [annual](/source/annual_plant) or [herbaceous](/source/herbaceous) [perennial](/source/perennial_plant) twining [vine](/source/vine)s growing 1–5 m tall, with spirally arranged leaves. The [flower](/source/flower)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](/source/Convolvulus)'', and is sometimes combined with it; it is distinguished primarily by the [pollen](/source/pollen) being smooth, and in the [ovary](/source/ovary_(plants)) being [unilocular](/source/Locule). ==Taxonomy== It was described by [Robert Brown](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773)) in 1810. ===Etymology=== The name is derived from two Greek words κάλυξ (''kálux'') "cup", and στέγη (''stégē'') "a covering", meaning "covering cup", [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Calystegia].: Merriam-Webster dictionary:Calystegia] this refers to the large bracts that cover the sepals.{{cite book |year=1981 |title=Reader's Digest Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain |page=251 |publisher=[Reader's Digest](/source/Reader's_Digest) |isbn=978-0-276-00217-5}} ===Species=== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Calystegia'':{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331450-2|title=Calystegia R.Br. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-04-16}} {{div col}} *''[Calystegia affinis](/source/Calystegia_affinis)'' *''[Calystegia atriplicifolia](/source/Calystegia_atriplicifolia)'' – nightblooming false bindweed *''[Calystegia binghamiae](/source/Calystegia_binghamiae)'' *''[Calystegia brummittii](/source/Calystegia_brummittii)'' *''[Calystegia catesbiana](/source/Calystegia_catesbiana)'' – Catesby's false bindweed *''[Calystegia collina](/source/Calystegia_collina)'' – Coast Range false bindweed *''[Calystegia felix](/source/Calystegia_felix)'' *''[Calystegia hederacea](/source/Calystegia_hederacea)'' – Japanese false bindweed *''[Calystegia × howittiorum](/source/Calystegia_%C3%97_howittiorum)'' *''[Calystegia × krauseana](/source/Calystegia_%C3%97_krauseana)'' *''[Calystegia longipes](/source/Calystegia_longipes)'' – Paiute false bindweed, plateau morning glory *''[Calystegia × lucana](/source/Calystegia_%C3%97_lucana)'' *''[Calystegia macaunii](/source/Calystegia_macaunii)'' – Macoun's false bindweed *''[Calystegia macrostegia](/source/Calystegia_macrostegia)'' – island false bindweed *''[Calystegia malacophylla](/source/Calystegia_malacophylla)'' – sierra false bindweed *''[Calystegia marginata](/source/Calystegia_marginata)'' – small-flowered white bindweed New Zealand{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=229|title=Calystegia marginata {{!}} New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|website=www.nzpcn.org.nz|access-date=2018-12-10}} *''[Calystegia × melnikovae](/source/Calystegia_%C3%97_melnikovae)'' *''[Calystegia occidentalis](/source/Calystegia_occidentalis)'' – chaparral false bindweed *''[Calystegia peirsonii](/source/Calystegia_peirsonii)'' – Peirson's false bindweed *''[Calystegia pellita](/source/Calystegia_pellita)'' – hairy false bindweed *''[Calystegia pubescens](/source/Calystegia_pubescens)'' *''[Calystegia × pulchra](/source/Calystegia_%C3%97_pulchra)'' – hairy bindweed *''[Calystegia purpurata](/source/Calystegia_purpurata)'' – Pacific false bindweed *''[Calystegia × scania](/source/Calystegia_%C3%97_scania)'' *''[Calystegia sepium](/source/Calystegia_sepium)'' – large bindweed, hedge bindweed, bearbind, hedgebell ([type species](/source/type_species)) *''[Calystegia silvatica](/source/Calystegia_silvatica)'' – great bindweed, shortstalk bindweed *''[Calystegia soldanella](/source/Calystegia_soldanella)'' – sea bindweed, seashore false bindweed, beach morning glory *''[Calystegia spithamaea](/source/Calystegia_spithamaea)'' – low false bindweed, upright bindweed *''[Calystegia stebbinsii](/source/Calystegia_stebbinsii)'' – Stebbins' false bindweed, Stebbins' morning glory *''[Calystegia subacaulis](/source/Calystegia_subacaulis)'' – hillside false bindweed *''[Calystegia tuguriorum](/source/Calystegia_tuguriorum)'' – New Zealand bindweed, pōuwhiwhi, pōwhiwhi, rarotawake{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1582|title=Calystegia tuguriorum {{!}} New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|website=www.nzpcn.org.nz|access-date=2018-12-10}} *''[Calystegia vanzuukiae](/source/Calystegia_vanzuukiae)'' {{div col end}} File:DSCM1934_Helix_Zaunwinde.jpg File:Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe (8595873042).jpg|''[Calystegia sepium](/source/Calystegia_sepium)'' ([van Houtte, L.](/source/Louis_van_Houtte), 1853) ==Ecology== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2026}} Some of the species, notably ''[Calystegia sepium](/source/Calystegia_sepium)'' and ''[C. silvatica](/source/Calystegia_silvatica)'', are problematic [weed](/source/weed)s, which can swamp other more valuable plants by climbing over them, but some are also deliberately grown for their attractive [flower](/source/flower)s. ''Calystegia'' species are eaten by the [larva](/source/larva)e of some [Lepidoptera](/source/Lepidoptera) species including ''[Bedellia somnulentella](/source/Bedellia_somnulentella)'' (recorded on ''C. sepium'') and [small angle shades](/source/small_angle_shades). ==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{cite web|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=331450-2 |title=Convolvulaceae ''Calystegia'' R.Br. The International Plant Name Index (IPNI)|accessdate=25 April 2018}} Brown, R. (1810) {{cite web|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36315760|title=Prodromus floræ Novæ Hollandiæ et Insulæ Van-Diemen : exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 483.|accessdate=25 April 2018}} }} *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105355 Flora of China: ''Calystegia''] ==External links== * {{Commonscat-inline |Calystegia |''Calystegia''}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q149312}} Category:Calystegia Category:Convolvulaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Calystegia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calystegia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.