kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
family: Convolvulaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Convolvuloideae Burnett >
genus: Ipomoea L. >
species: Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth >
Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Malawi