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Taxon:  Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso



Summary
Genus:
Operculina
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Merremieae
Nomen number:
25779
Place of publication:
Enum. subst. braz. 16. 1836 "turpetum"
Verified:
11/29/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso var. ventricosa (Bertero) Staples & D. F. Austin (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus turpethum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R. Br.
Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle

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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98. 2012
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  7. Fosberg, F. R. & M.-H. Sachet. Flora of Micronesia, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 1975-
  8. Fosberg, F. R. et al. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. 1979-1982
  9. Fosberg, F. R.& M.-H. Sachet. 1977. Flora of Micronesia, 3. Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 36:29. http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/
  10. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  11. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  12. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
  13. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  14. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
  15. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  16. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983 Note: = Merremia turpethum
  17. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  18. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  19. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  20. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  21. Shah, G. L. & R. G. Bhat. 1978. Nomenclatural notes on some Bombay plants - V. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 74:567. Note: = Merremia turpethum
  22. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
  23. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. Flora of Thailand. 1970-
  24. Staples, G. W. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
  25. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  26. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  27. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  28. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Indian jalap –
transparent wood-rose –
India
nisoth –
trivrit –
turpeth –
Swedish
turbit –
Transcribed Chinese
he guo teng –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxiw.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnans.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan possibly
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Yunnan (s.), Guangxi (w.)]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan (possibly)
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
Naturalized
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
Economic Uses
Medicines
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Pl Book; Zander ed13) –
Weed
(fide Atlas WWeed) –


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