International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278 - 3202 6 2 2017 02 10 Census of the genus Ipomoea in Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India 51 53 EN Sarkar Ajanta 1 Department of Aquaculture Management and Technology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India Patra A.K. 2 Department of Aquaculture Management and Technology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India Sar Utpal Kumar 3 Department of Aquaculture Management and Technology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India Mohamed Erchafo 1 Department of Biology, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia Kebebew Mulugeta 2 Department of Biology, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia Awas Tesfaye 3 Department of Biology, Arba Minch University, P.O. Box 21, Arba Minch, Ethiopia M.A. Kaisar 1 Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh M.G. Rasul 2 Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh M.A. Mansur 3 Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh M. Khan 4 Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh B.C. Majumdar 5 Department of Fisheries Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh M.M. Hasan 6 Department of Fisheries Technology and Quality Control, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh Chaturvedi Prashant 1 Cyanobacterial Research Laboratory, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, MP, India Singh Trashi 2 Cyanobacterial Research Laboratory, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, MP, India Bagchi Suvendra Nath 3 Cyanobacterial Research Laboratory, Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Biological Science, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, MP, India V.M. Kamble 1 Department of Botany, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Yashwantrao Mohite College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, Maharashtra, India - 411 038 S.G. Pawar 2 Department of Botany, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Yashwantrao Mohite College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, Maharashtra, India - 411 038 Sony I.S. 1 Department of Microbiology, Cashew Export promotion Council of India (CEPCI), Mundakkal, Kollam, Kerala, India Potty V.P. 2 Department of Microbiology, Cashew Export promotion Council of India (CEPCI), Mundakkal, Kollam, Kerala, India Gomare K.S. 1 COCSIT Biotechnology Research Centre, Ambajogai Road, Latur-413531, MS, India Mishra D.N. 2 SRTMUN Sub-Centre, Latur-413531, MS, India D.N. Undirwade 1 Department of Botany, B.P. Arts S.M.A. Sci., K.K.C. Com. College, Chalisgaon, India V.V. Bhadane 2 Department of Botany, Pratap College, Amalner, India > Short Communication 2017 1 11 2017 02 10 The present paper reports 25 species under genera Ipomoea of family Convolvulaceae from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. Ipomoea is the largest genus in the family Convolvulaceae. The family Convolvulaceae consists of 50 genera and more than 1200 species. The genus Ipomoea comprising about 600 species from all over the world and about 35 species were reported from Maharashtra1. They are generally herbaceous or shrubby climbers and rarely erect. Plants are usually laticiferous and have simple leaves, flowers hypogynous, pentamerous, regular and bisexual. The fruits are mostly loculicidal capsules, rarely fleshy or indehiscent. The family comprises annual and perennial, postrate, twinning and trailing herbs. Habit, phenology and frequency of occurrence of the taxa investigated along with their updated nomenclature are presented. Copyright@ International Science Community Association