Merremia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Merremieae
Genus: Merremia
Species: M. aniseiifolia – M. caloxantha – M. calycina – M. calyculata – M. candei – M. clemensiana – M. cordata – M. crassinervia – M. dichotoma – M. discoidesperma – M. ellenbeckii – M. emarginata – M. gallabatensis – M. gemella – M. gorinii – M. gracilis – M. grandidentata – M. gregorii – M. hainanensis – M. hederacea – M. hemmingiana – M. hirta – M. hornbyi – M. incisa – M. malvifolia – M. martini – M. obtusa – M. palmata – M. pavonii – M. platyphylla – M. poranoides – M. porrecta – M. pterygocaulos – M. rajasthanensis – M. retusa – M. sagittoides – M. setisepala – M. sibirica – M. spongiosa – M. steenisii – M. subsessilis – M. thorelii – M. truncata – M. verdcourtiana – M. verecunda – M. verruculosa – M. warderensis – M. wurdackii – M. xanthophylla – M. yunnanensis

Name

Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. (1841), nom. cons.

Type species: M. hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Merremia Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab. 12, 23, 34. 1818, nom. inval.
Heterotypic
- Skinneria Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 105. 1834; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 487. 1834, non Skinnera Forst. (1776).
  - Type species: S. caespitosa (Roxb.) Choisy
- Spiranthera Bojer, Hortus Maurit. 226. 1837.
  - Type species: non design.

Note: This is a view of Merremia s.s. sensu Simões & Staples (2017) with traditional Sectiones dismantled across a number of segregate genera and therefore are no longer tenable.

References

Primary references

Endlicher, S.L. 1841. Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita 1403.

Additional references

Petrongari, F.S., Simões, A.R. & Simão-Bianchini, R. 2018. New combinations and lectotypifications in Distimake Raf. (Convolvulaceae). Phytotaxa 340(3): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.340.3.12 Reference page.
Simões, A.R., Culham, A. & Carine, M.A. 2015. Resolving the unresolved tribe: a molecular phylogenetic framework for the Merremieae (Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179(3): 374–387. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12339 Reference page.
Simões, A.R. & Staples, G.W. 2017. Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183(4): 561-586. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/box007 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Merremia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 18. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Merremia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Merremia. Published online. Accessed: November 18 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Merremia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 November 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Woodrose