Jump to content

Merremia: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Expanded species list w/ footnotes and more refs; majorly reformatted list; added to caption.
AnomieBOT (talk | contribs)
m Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}}
 
(24 intermediate revisions by 17 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic taxobox
{{Taxobox
|name = ''Merremia''
|image = Merremia aegyptia (M pantaphylla) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 2527.jpg
|image = Merremia aegyptia (M pantaphylla) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 2527.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Merremia aegyptia]]'' growing in [[Hyderabad]]
|image_caption = ''[[Merremia aegyptia]]'' growing in [[Hyderabad, India]]
|taxon = Merremia
|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|authority = [[August Wilhelm Dennstedt|Dennst.]] ''ex'' [[Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]<ref name=trop>The genus ''Merremia'' was originally described and published in ''[[Genera Plantarum]]'' 18: 1403. 1841. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017494 |title=Name - !''Merremia'' Dennst. ''ex'' Endl. |quote=Type Specimens: T: ''Merremia hederacea'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. |work=Tropicos |publisher=[[Missouri Botanical Garden|Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT)]] |location=[[Saint Louis, Missouri]] |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GRIN">{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7478 |title=''Merremia'' information from NPGS/GRIN |author=GRIN |author-link=Germplasm Resources Information Network |quote=Comment: [[conserved name|conserved]] (''nom. cons.'') against the [[synonym (taxonomy)|heterotypic synonym]]s (''Vienna ICBN'' Art. 14.4 & App. III) ''Operculina'' Silva Manso, ''nom. rej.'' & the heterotypic synonym ''Camonea'' [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]], ''nom. rej.'' |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, [[Beltsville, Maryland]] |date=October 5, 2007 |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref>
|unranked_divisio = [[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
|subdivision = See text
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
|ordo = [[Solanales]]
|familia = [[Convolvulaceae]]
|tribus = [[Merremieae]]
|genus = '''''Merremia'''''
|genus_authority = [[August Wilhelm Dennstedt|Dennst.]] ''ex'' [[Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]<ref name=trop>The genus ''Merremia'' was originally described and published in ''[[Genera Plantarum]]'' 18: 1403. 1841. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017494 |title=Name - !''Merremia'' <small>Dennst. ''ex'' Endl.</small> |quote=Type Specimens: T: ''Merremia hederacea'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small> |work=Tropicos |publisher=[[Missouri Botanical Garden|Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT)]] |location=[[Saint Louis, Missouri]] |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GRIN">{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7478 |title=''Merremia'' information from NPGS/GRIN |author=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network|GRIN]] |quote=Comment: [[conserved name|conserved]] (''nom. cons.'') against the [[synonym (taxonomy)|heterotypic synonym]]s (''Vienna ICBN'' Art. 14.4 & App. III) ''Operculina'' <small>Silva Manso</small>, ''nom. rej.'' & the heterotypic synonym ''Camonea'' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]</small>, ''nom. rej.'' |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, [[Beltsville, Maryland]] |date=October 5, 2007 |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
|synonyms =
|synonyms =
*''Astromerremia'' <small>[[Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger|Pilg.]]</small><br>
* ''Astromerremia'' <small>[[Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger|Pilg.]]</small>
*''Skinneria'' <small>[[Jacques Denis Choisy|Choisy]]</small><br>
* ''Skinneria'' <small>[[Jacques Denis Choisy|Choisy]]</small>
*''Spiranthera'' <small>[[Wenceslas Bojer|Bojer]]</small>
* ''Spiranthera'' <small>[[Wenceslas Bojer|Bojer]]</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN"/>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="GRIN"/>
}}
}}
[[File:Merremia aegyptia MHNT.BOT.2009.16.8.jpg|thumb|''Merremia aegyptia'' - [[MHNT]]]]
[[File:Merremia vitifolia 2 by kadavoor.JPG|thumb|''[[Merremia vitifolia]]'', [[Kerala]]]]
[[File:Merremia aurea MHNT.BOT.2015.34.119.jpg|thumb|''Merremia aurea'' - [[MHNT]]]]

'''''Merremia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[morning glory]] family, [[Convolvulaceae]]. Members of the genus are commonly known as '''woodroses'''.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=30866 |taxon=''Merremia'' |accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref>
'''''Merremia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the [[morning glory]] family, [[Convolvulaceae]]. Members of the genus are commonly known as '''woodroses'''.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=30866 |taxon=''Merremia'' |accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref>


==Species==
==Selected species==
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Merremia'':<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:11936-1|title=Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref>
:This list comes from various sources: species names<ref name=trop/><ref name=tpl>{{ cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Merremia |title=TPL, treatment of ''Merremia'' |work=[[The Plant List]]; Version 1. (published on the internet) |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] and MOBOT |year=2010 |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="GRINSpecies">{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7478 |title=Species in GRIN for genus ''Merremia'' |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref> are in italics, followed by their respective binomial authorities (the botanists who named them), with common names,<ref name="ITIS"/> if any, in grey; red asterisks (<font color=darkred>*</font>) point to corresponding notes at the bottom of the list.

*''[[Merremia aegyptia|M.&nbsp;aegyptia]]'' <small>(L.) Urb.</small> – <font color=grey>hairy woodrose</font>
*''[[Merremia aturensis|M.&nbsp;aturensis]]'' <small>(Kunth) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia aniseiifolia|M.&nbsp;aniseiifolia]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small> – hairy woodrose
*''[[Merremia aurea|M.&nbsp;aurea]]'' <small>(Kellogg) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia austinii|M.&nbsp;austinii]]'' <small>McDonald</small>
*''[[Merremia bipinnatipartita|M.&nbsp;bipinnatipartita]]'' <small>Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia boisiana|M.&nbsp;boisiana]]'' <small>(Gagnep.) Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia bracteata|M.&nbsp;bracteata]]'' <small>P.S.Bacon</small>
*''[[Merremia caloxantha|M.&nbsp;caloxantha]]'' <small>(Diels) Staples & R.C.Fang</small>
*''[[Merremia caloxantha|M.&nbsp;caloxantha]]'' <small>(Diels) Staples & R.C.Fang</small>
*''[[Merremia cissoides|M.&nbsp;cissoides]]'' <small>(Lam.) Hallier f.</small> – <font color=grey>roadside woodrose</font>
*''[[Merremia calycina|M.&nbsp;calycina]]'' <small>(Meisn.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia collina|M.&nbsp;collina]]'' <small>S.Y.Liu</small>
*''[[Merremia calyculata|M.&nbsp;calyculata]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia contorquens|M.&nbsp;contorquens]]'' <small>(Choisy) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia candei|M.&nbsp;candei]]'' <small>(A.Terracc.) Sebsebe</small>
*''[[Merremia clemensiana|M.&nbsp;clemensiana]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small> – roadside woodrose
*''[[Merremia cordata|M.&nbsp;cordata]]'' <small>C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang</small>
*''[[Merremia cordata|M.&nbsp;cordata]]'' <small>C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang</small>
*''[[Merremia decurrens|M.&nbsp;decurrens]]'' <small>(Hand.-Mazz.) H.S.Kiu</small> <font color=darkred>*</font>
*''[[Merremia crassinervia|M.&nbsp;crassinervia]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia digitata|M.&nbsp;digitata]]'' <small>(Spreng.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia dichotoma|M.&nbsp;dichotoma]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia discoidesperma|M.&nbsp;discoidesperma]]'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia discoidesperma|M.&nbsp;discoidesperma]]'' <small>(Donn.Sm.) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia dissecta|M.&nbsp;dissecta]]'' <small>(Jacq.) Hallier f.</small> – <font color=grey>noyau vine</font>
*''[[Merremia ellenbeckii|M.&nbsp;ellenbeckii]]'' <small>Pilg.</small>
*''[[Merremia eberhardtii|M.&nbsp;eberhardtii]]'' <small>(Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen</small> <font color=darkred>**</font>
*''[[Merremia emarginata|M.&nbsp;emarginata]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia emarginata|M.&nbsp;emarginata]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia flagellaris|M.&nbsp;flagellaris]]'' <small>(Choisy) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia gallabatensis|M.&nbsp;gallabatensis]]'' <small>Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia gemella|M.&nbsp;gemella]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia gemella|M.&nbsp;gemella]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia grandiflora|M.&nbsp;grandiflora]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia gorinii|M.&nbsp;gorinii]]'' <small>Chiov.</small>
*''[[Merremia guerichii|M.&nbsp;guerichii]]'' <small>A.Meeuse</small>
*''[[Merremia gracilis|M.&nbsp;gracilis]]'' <small>E.J.F.Campb. & Argent</small>
*''[[Merremia grandidentata|M.&nbsp;grandidentata]]'' <small>(C.H.Thomps.) Staples & Simões</small>
*''[[Merremia gregorii|M.&nbsp;gregorii]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia hainanensis|M.&nbsp;hainanensis]]'' <small>H.S.Kiu</small>
*''[[Merremia hainanensis|M.&nbsp;hainanensis]]'' <small>H.S.Kiu</small>
*''[[Merremia hassleriana|M.&nbsp;hassleriana]]'' <small>(Chodat) Hassl.</small>
*''[[Merremia hederacea|M.&nbsp;hederacea]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small> ([[type (biology)|type]]) – ivy woodrose
*''[[Merremia hederacea|M.&nbsp;hederacea]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small> ([[type (biology)|type]]) – <font color=grey>ivy woodrose</font>
*''[[Merremia hemmingiana|M.&nbsp;hemmingiana]]'' <small>Verdc.</small>
*''[[Merremia hirta|M.&nbsp;hirta]]'' <small>(L.) Merr.</small>
*''[[Merremia hirta|M.&nbsp;hirta]]'' <small>(L.) Merr.</small>
*''[[Merremia hungaiensis|M.&nbsp;hungaiensis]]'' <small>(Lingelsh. & Borza) R.C.Fang</small>
*''[[Merremia hornbyi|M.&nbsp;hornbyi]]'' <small>Verdc.</small>
*''[[Merremia kentrocaulos|M.&nbsp;kentrocaulos]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia incisa|M.&nbsp;incisa]]'' <small>(R.Br.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia kingii|M.&nbsp;kingii]]'' <small>(Prain) Kerr</small>
*''[[Merremia longipedunculata|M.&nbsp;longipedunculata]]'' <small>(C.Y.Wu) R.C.Fang</small>
*''[[Merremia macdonaldii|M.&nbsp;macdonaldii]]'' <small>S.Valencia & Mart.Gord.</small> <font color=darkred>***</font>
*''[[Merremia macrocalyx|M.&nbsp;macrocalyx]]'' <small>(Ruiz & Pav.) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia malvifolia|M.&nbsp;malvifolia]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia malvifolia|M.&nbsp;malvifolia]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia mammosa|M.&nbsp;mammosa]]'' <small>(Lour.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia martini|M.&nbsp;martini]]'' <small>(H.Lév.) Staples & Simões</small>
*''[[Merremia maypurensis|M.&nbsp;maypurensis]]'' <small>Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia obtusa|M.&nbsp;obtusa]]'' <small>(Verdc.) Thulin</small>
*''[[Merremia medium|M.&nbsp;medium]]'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia palmata|M.&nbsp;palmata]]'' <small>Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia pacifica|M.&nbsp;pacifica]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia pavonii|M.&nbsp;pavonii]]'' <small>(Hallier f.) D.F.Austin & Staples</small>
*''[[Merremia palmeri|M.&nbsp;palmeri]]'' <small>(S.Watson) Hallier f.</small> <font color=darkred>****</font>
*''[[Merremia peltata|M.&nbsp;peltata]]'' <small>(L.) Merr.</small>
*''[[Merremia pierrei|M.&nbsp;pierrei]]'' <small>(Gagnep.) P.H.Hô</small>
*''[[Merremia pinnata|M.&nbsp;pinnata]]'' <small>(Hochst. ''ex'' Choisy) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia platyphylla|M.&nbsp;platyphylla]]'' <small>(Fernald) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia platyphylla|M.&nbsp;platyphylla]]'' <small>(Fernald) O'Donell</small>
*''[[Merremia poranoides|M.&nbsp;poranoides]]'' <small>(C.B.Clarke) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia porrecta|M.&nbsp;porrecta]]'' <small>Pilg.</small>
*''[[Merremia pterygocaulos|M.&nbsp;pterygocaulos]]'' <small>(Choisy) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia pterygocaulos|M.&nbsp;pterygocaulos]]'' <small>(Choisy) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia quinata|M.&nbsp;quinata]]'' <small>(R.Br.) Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia rajasthanensis|M.&nbsp;rajasthanensis]]'' <small>Bhandari</small>
*''[[Merremia quinquefolia|M.&nbsp;quinquefolia]]'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small> – <font color=grey>rock rosemary</font>
*''[[Merremia retusa|M.&nbsp;retusa]]'' <small>(Baker) Manitz</small> – rock rosemary
*''[[Merremia setisepala|M.&nbsp;setisepala]]'' <small>Verdc.</small>
*''[[Merremia sibirica|M.&nbsp;sibirica]]'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia sibirica|M.&nbsp;sibirica]]'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia similis|M.&nbsp;similis]]'' <small>Elmer</small>
*''[[Merremia spongiosa|M.&nbsp;spongiosa]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia subsessilis|M.&nbsp;subsessilis]]'' <small>(Courchet & Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen</small> <font color=darkred>**</font>
*''[[Merremia steenisii|M.&nbsp;steenisii]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia ternifoliola|M.&nbsp;ternifoliola]]'' <small>Pittier</small>
*''[[Merremia subsessilis|M.&nbsp;subsessilis]]'' <small>(Courchet & Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen</small>
*''[[Merremia tonkinensis|M.&nbsp;tonkinensis]]'' <small>(Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen</small> <font color=darkred>**</font>
*''[[Merremia thorelii|M.&nbsp;thorelii]]'' <small>(Gagnep.) Staples</small>
*''[[Merremia tridentata|M.&nbsp;tridentata]]'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia truncata|M.&nbsp;truncata]]'' <small>Verdc.</small>
*''[[Merremia tuberosa|M.&nbsp;tuberosa]]'' <small>(L.) Rendle</small> – <font color=grey>Spanish arborvine, wood rose</font>
*''[[Merremia verdcourtiana|M.&nbsp;verdcourtiana]]'' <small>Lejoly & Lisowski</small>
*''[[Merremia umbellata|M.&nbsp;umbellata]]'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small> – <font color=grey>hogvine</font>
*''[[Merremia verecunda|M.&nbsp;verecunda]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia verecunda|M.&nbsp;verecunda]]'' <small>Rendle</small>
*''[[Merremia verruculosa|M.&nbsp;verruculosa]]'' <small>S.Y.Liu</small>
*''[[Merremia verruculosa|M.&nbsp;verruculosa]]'' <small>S.Y.Liu</small>
*''[[Merremia vitifolia|M.&nbsp;vitifolia]]'' <small>(Burm.f.) Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia warderensis|M.&nbsp;warderensis]]'' <small>Sebsebe.</small>
*''[[Merremia weberbaueri|M.&nbsp;weberbaueri]]'' <small>Ooststr.</small>
*''[[Merremia wurdackii|M.&nbsp;wurdackii]]'' <small>D.F.Austin & Staples</small>
*''[[Merremia wurdackii|M.&nbsp;wurdackii]]'' <small>D.F.Austin & Staples</small>
*''[[Merremia yunnanensis|M.&nbsp;yunnanensis]]'' <small>(Courchet & Gagnep.) R.C.Fang</small><br>
*''[[Merremia xanthophylla|M.&nbsp;xanthophylla]]'' <small>Hallier f.</small>
*''[[Merremia yunnanensis|M.&nbsp;yunnanensis]]'' <small>(Courchet & Gagnep.) R.C.Fang</small>
<font color=darkred>*</font> Author is H.S.Kiu per [[International Plant Names Index|IPNI]], corrected from H.X.Qiu at [[The Plant List|TPL]]<br>
<font color=darkred>**</font> Author is T.N.Nguyen per IPNI, corrected from N.T.Nhan at TPL<br>
<font color=darkred>***</font> Author is Mart.Gord. per IPNI, corrected from Martínez-Gordillo at TPL<br>
<font color=darkred>****</font> The author (in parenthesis) of the [[basionym]] of ''M.&nbsp;palmeri'' (''Ipomoea palmeri'') may be either [[Sereno Watson|S.Watson]] (according to ars-grin.gov), or [[Ernst Hans Hallier|Hallier]] (according to tropicos.org and theplantlist.org)


===Formerly placed here===
===Formerly placed here===
*''[[Operculina turpethum]]'' <small>(L.) Silva Manso</small> (as ''M.&nbsp;turpethum'' <small>(L.) Rendle</small>)
*''[[Operculina turpethum]]'' <small>(L.) Silva Manso</small> (as ''M.&nbsp;turpethum'' <small>(L.) Rendle</small>)
*''[[Xenostegia medium]]'' <small>(L.) D.F.Austin & Staples</small> (as ''M.&nbsp;medium'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>)
*''[[Xenostegia medium]]'' <small>(L.) D.F.Austin & Staples</small> (as ''M.&nbsp;medium'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>)
*''[[Xenostegia tridentata]]'' <small>(L.) D.F.Austin & Staples</small> (as ''M.&nbsp;tridentata'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies"/>
*''[[Xenostegia tridentata]]'' <small>(L.) D.F.Austin & Staples</small> (as ''M.&nbsp;tridentata'' <small>(L.) Hallier f.</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7478 |title=Species in GRIN for genus ''Merremia'' |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}</ref>

=== Uses ===
In the Indigenous system of Medicine, ''Ipomoea reniformis'' chois is also known as ''Merremia emarginata'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. has been claimed to be useful for cough, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, diuretic, inflammation, fever due to enlargement of liver and also in kidney diseases. The tribal people use this plant for deobstruent, diuretic, rheumatism, neuralgia, cancerous wounds, migraine, purgative, snake bites, ulcer, abscesses and glandular swelling.{{cn|date=July 2021}}


==References==
==References==
Line 98: Line 83:


==External links==
==External links==
{{WestAfricanPlants|Merremia}}
{{AfricanPlants|Merremia}}


{{commonscat|Merremia|''Merremia''}}
{{Commons category|Merremia|''Merremia''}}
{{wikispecies|Merremia|''Merremia''}}
{{Wikispecies|Merremia|''Merremia''}}


{{Taxonbar|from=Q141173}}
[[Category:Convolvulaceae]]


[[de:Merremia]]
[[Category:Merremia| ]]
[[Category:Convolvulaceae genera]]
[[es:Merremia]]
[[pt:Merremia]]
[[sv:Trärossläktet]]
[[zh:鱼黄草属]]

Latest revision as of 00:00, 24 July 2021

Merremia
Merremia aegyptia growing in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Merremia
Dennst. ex Endl.[1][2]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
Merremia aegyptia - MHNT
Merremia vitifolia, Kerala
Merremia aurea - MHNT

Merremia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.[3]

Species

[edit]

The following species are recognised in the genus Merremia:[4]

Formerly placed here

[edit]

Uses

[edit]

In the Indigenous system of Medicine, Ipomoea reniformis chois is also known as Merremia emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f. has been claimed to be useful for cough, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, diuretic, inflammation, fever due to enlargement of liver and also in kidney diseases. The tribal people use this plant for deobstruent, diuretic, rheumatism, neuralgia, cancerous wounds, migraine, purgative, snake bites, ulcer, abscesses and glandular swelling.[citation needed]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The genus Merremia was originally described and published in Genera Plantarum 18: 1403. 1841. "Name - !Merremia Dennst. ex Endl". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved January 7, 2013. Type Specimens: T: Merremia hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
  2. ^ a b GRIN (October 5, 2007). "Merremia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 7, 2013. Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonyms (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Operculina Silva Manso, nom. rej. & the heterotypic synonym Camonea Raf., nom. rej.
  3. ^ "Merremia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  4. ^ "Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Merremia". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
[edit]