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Taxon:  Merremia peltata (L.) Merr.



Summary
Genus:
Merremia
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Merremieae
Nomen number:
24108
Place of publication:
Interpr. Herb. amboin. 441. 1917
Verified:
05/03/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus peltatus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Blume
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Reference(s)
  1. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  2. Bacon, P. S. 1982. The weedy species of Merremia (Convolvulaceae) occurring in the Solomon Islands and a description of a new species. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 84:257-264.
  3. Fosberg, F. R. & M.-H. Sachet. 1977. Flora of Micronesia, 3. Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 36:27. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/
  4. Fosberg, F. R. et al. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. 1979-1982
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  6. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource). http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
  7. Merrill, E. D. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 1922-1926
  8. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  9. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzaniaPemba 
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificGuam  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificPalau  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSolomon Islands  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificAmerican Samoa  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificWallis and Futuna Islands  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania [Pemba]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Guam, Palau
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Naturalized
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Marshall Islands
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: American Samoa, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna Islands
Economic Uses
Weed


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