Sinopsis de Ipomoea L. y Merremia Dennst. Ex Endl. (Convolvulaceae) en el Norte del Perú (Lambayeque y territorios adyacentes)

The main of this paper is to identifie and to comment previous and new records of Ipomoea and Merremia in Lambayeque Department (Peru) and surrounding areas. 18 species of Ipomoea and 3 species of Merremia are reported: Ipomoea alba, I. asarifolia, I. hederifolia, I. indica, I. nil e I. wrightii. I. aristolochiifolia, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. carnea, I. incarnata, I. tiliacea, I. parasitica, I. piurensis, I. purpurea, Merremia aegyptia, M. quinquefolia y M. umbellata are new records for the Lambayeque flora. Even, I. amnicola, I. dumetorum and I. quamoclit were found as new records in the adjacent Cajamarca Department. Keys are provided for to identifie species and infrageneric groups. Distribution of each species is also presented in order to show their biogeography.