Operculina macrocarpa

Operculina macrocarpa

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: Operculina
Species: Operculina macrocarpa

Name

Operculina macrocarpa (L.) Urb., Symb. Antill. 3: 343 (1902).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Convolvulus macrocarpus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 923 (1759).
• Homotypic
  • Merremia macrocarpa (L.) Roberty, Candollea 14: 37 (1952).
• Heterotypic
  • Convolvulus frutescens Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 13 (1768).
  • Convolvulus operculatus Gomes, Observ. Bot.-Med. Nonnullis Bras. Pl. 1: 23 (1803).
  • Ipomoea operculata (Gomes) Mart., Reise Bras. 2: 547 (1828).
  • Operculina convolvulus Silva Manso, Enum. Subst. Braz.: 12 (1836).
  • Batatas operculata (Gomes) Peterm., Pflanzenreich: 497 (1838-1845).
  • Piptostegia operculata (Gomes) Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 113 (1841), comb. not made.
  • Piptostegia gomesii Mart., Syst. Mat. Med. Bras.: 78 (1843).
  • Merremia alata Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 102 (1905).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional:Brazil N-Brazil (Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro) Regional:Caribbean Cuba, Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Urban, I. 1902. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 3: 343.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Operculina macrocarpa 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. Operculina macrocarpa. 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. Operculina macrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: November 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Operculina macrocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 November 2019.

Vernacular names

português: jalapão, batata-de-purga

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