Merremia
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| Merremia aegyptia growing in Hyderabad, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.[1][2] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Merremia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.[3]
Selected species
The following species are recognised in the genus Merremia:[4]
- M. aniseiifolia Ooststr. – hairy woodrose
- M. caloxantha (Diels) Staples & R.C.Fang
- M. calycina (Meisn.) Hallier f.
- M. calyculata Ooststr.
- M. candei (A.Terracc.) Sebsebe
- M. clemensiana Ooststr. – roadside woodrose
- M. cordata C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
- M. crassinervia Ooststr.
- M. dichotoma Ooststr.
- M. discoidesperma (Donn.Sm.) O'Donell
- M. ellenbeckii Pilg.
- M. emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
- M. flagellaris (Choisy) O'Donell
- M. gallabatensis Hallier f.
- M. gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
- M. gorinii Chiov.
- M. gracilis E.J.F.Campb. & Argent
- M. grandidentata (C.H.Thomps.) Staples & Simões
- M. gregorii Rendle
- M. hainanensis H.S.Kiu
- M. hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (type) – ivy woodrose
- M. hemmingiana Verdc.
- M. hirta (L.) Merr.
- M. hornbyi Verdc.
- M. incisa (R.Br.) Hallier f.
- M. malvifolia Rendle
- M. martini (H.Lév.) Staples & Simões
- M. obtusa (Verdc.) Thulin
- M. palmata Hallier f.
- M. pavonii (Hallier f.) D.F.Austin & Staples
- M. platyphylla (Fernald) O'Donell
- M. poranoides (C.B.Clarke) Hallier f.
- M. porrecta Pilg.
- M. pterygocaulos (Choisy) Hallier f.
- M. rajasthanensis Bhandari
- M. retusa (Baker) Manitz – rock rosemary
- M. setisepala Verdc.
- M. sibirica (L.) Hallier f.
- M. spongiosa Rendle
- M. steenisii Ooststr.
- M. subsessilis (Courchet & Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen
- M. thorelii (Gagnep.) Staples
- M. truncata Verdc.
- M. verdcourtiana Lejoly & Lisowski
- M. verecunda Rendle
- M. verruculosa S.Y.Liu
- M. warderensis Sebsebe.
- M. wurdackii D.F.Austin & Staples
- M. xanthophylla Hallier f.
- M. yunnanensis (Courchet & Gagnep.) R.C.Fang
Formerly placed here
- Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso (as M. turpethum (L.) Rendle)
- Xenostegia medium (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples (as M. medium (L.) Hallier f.)
- Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples (as M. tridentata (L.) Hallier f.)[5]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Merremia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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External links
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Merremia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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