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Taxon:  Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f.



Summary
Genus:
Merremia
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Merremieae
Nomen number:
311676
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16:552. 1893
Verified:
04/22/1987 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
Ipomoea quinquefolia L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  3. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  4. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  5. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
  6. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  7. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  9. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
  10. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. 1982
  11. O'Donell, C. A. 1941. Revision de las especies americanas de Merremia (Convolvulaceae). Lilloa 6:529-531.
  12. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. 1964
  13. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  14. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  15. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
  16. Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998
Common names
English
mile-a-minute –
rock-rosemary –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and BarbudaAntigua 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanTrinidad and Tobago  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
4Naturalized    natzd. in s. Florida, e. Africa, n. Australia, & Malaysia
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Naturalized (natzd. in s. Florida, e. Africa, n. Australia, & Malaysia)
Economic Uses


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