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Taxon:  Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle



Summary
Genus:
Merremia
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Merremieae
Nomen number:
311689
Place of publication:
W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. 4(2):104. 1905
Verified:
04/23/1987 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 tuberosa L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn.

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Reference(s)
  1. 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
  2. Austin, D. F. 1998. Xixicamatic or wood rose (Merremia tuberosa, Convolvulaceae): origins and dispersal. Econ. Bot. 52:412-422. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
  3. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
  5. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  8. Fosberg, F. R. & M.-H. Sachet. Flora of Micronesia, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 1975-
  9. Fosberg, F. R. et al. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. 1979-1982
  10. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
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  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  17. Llamas, K. A. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. 2003
  18. O'Donell, C. A. 1941. Revision de las especies americanas de Merremia (Convolvulaceae). Lilloa 6:514-516.
  19. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  20. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948-
  21. Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. Flora del Avila. 1978
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Common names
English
Hawaiian wood-rose –
regretvine –
Spanish arbourvine –
Spanish woodbine –
wood-rose –
yellow-morning-glory –
French
liane-à-tonelle –
liane-jaune –
Nahuatl
xixcamátic –
Spanish
rosa de madera –
Swedish
träros –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in tropics
6Other    origin Mesoamerica
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)
Other (origin Mesoamerica)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Weed
(fide Trop Flow Pl) –


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