Distribution: Pemba Isl.; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; La Réunion; Rodrigues; Seychelles; Andaman Isl. (Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Camiguin de Babuyanes, Luzon, Mindoro, Balabac, Panay, Leyte, Samar, Camiguin, Mindanao); Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Queensland); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu; Rotuma Isl.; Tonga (´Eua, Vava´u); Niue; Fiji (incl. Vanua Balavu & Lakeba Isl.); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Atiu, Mitiaro); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Raiatea, Maupiti, Huahine); Palau (Babeldaob, Madmosuk, Koror); Guam; Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Pohnpei, Kosrae)
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= Convolvulus nymphaeifolius (Blume) D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 1: 670 (1839)
= Convolvulus peltatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1194 (1753)
= Ipomoea menispermacea Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 535 (1928)
= Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 719 (1826)
= Ipomoea peltata (L.) Choisy; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 452 (Conv. Or. 70) (1833)
= Merremia nymphaeifolia (Blume) Hallier f.; Versl. ´S. Lands Plantent., 127 (1895 publ. 1896)
= Merremia peltata (L.) Merr.; Interpr. Herb. Amboin. 441 (1917)
= Operculina peltata (L.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 549 (1892), et 18: 119 (1894)
= Spiranthera peltata (L.) Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 226 (1837), nomen
= Spiranthera peltata (L.) Bojer ex Desjardins; 7me. Rapp. Ann. Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Maurice 33 (1836)