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Taxon:  Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso var. ventricosa (Bertero) Staples & D. F. Austin



Summary
Genus:
Operculina
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Merremieae
Nomen number:
447733
Place of publication:
Brittonia 33:595. 1981
Verified:
01/24/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus ventricosus Bertero

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Operculina ventricosa (Bertero) Peter

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Reference(s)
  1. Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
  2. Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
  3. Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932- Note: = O. ventricosa Peter
  4. Staples, G. W. & D. F. Austin. 1981. Changes in the West Indian Operculina (Convolvulaceae). Brittonia 33:591-596.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    Pacific Islands
2CultivatedSouthern America South America n.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4Naturalized    Pacific Islands
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America n.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Southern America
  • REGION: South America (n.)
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Southern America
  • REGION: South America (n.)
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
Economic Uses


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