Merremia

Merremia
Merremia aegyptia growing in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Tribe:	Merremieae
Genus:	Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.[1][2]
Species
See text.
Synonyms[2]
Astromerremia Pilg. Skinneria Choisy Spiranthera Bojer

Merremia aegyptia - MHNT

Merremia vitifolia, Kerala

Merremia aurea - MHNT

Merremia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.^[3]

Selected species

This list comes from various sources: species names^[1][4][5] are in italics, followed by their respective binomial authorities (the botanists who named them), with common names,^[3] if any, in grey; red asterisks (*) refer to corresponding notes at the bottom of the list.

• M. aegyptia (L.) Urb. – hairy woodrose
• M. aturensis (Kunth) Hallier f.
• M. aurea (Kellogg) O'Donell
• M. austinii McDonald
• M. bipinnatipartita Hallier f.
• M. boisiana (Gagnep.) Ooststr.
• M. bracteata P.S.Bacon
• M. caloxantha (Diels) Staples & R.C.Fang
• M. cissoides (Lam.) Hallier f. – roadside woodrose
• M. collina S.Y.Liu
• M. contorquens (Choisy) Hallier f.
• M. cordata C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
• M. decurrens (Hand.-Mazz.) H.S.Kiu *
• M. digitata (Spreng.) Hallier f.
• M. discoidesperma (Donn.Sm.) O'Donell
• M. dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f. – noyau vine
• M. eberhardtii (Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen **
• M. emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
• M. flagellaris (Choisy) O'Donell
• M. gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
• M. grandiflora Ooststr.
• M. guerichii A.Meeuse
• M. hainanensis H.S.Kiu
• M. hassleriana (Chodat) Hassl.
• M. hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (type) – ivy woodrose
• M. hirta (L.) Merr.
• M. hungaiensis (Lingelsh. & Borza) R.C.Fang
• M. kentrocaulos Rendle
• M. kingii (Prain) Kerr
• M. longipedunculata (C.Y.Wu) R.C.Fang
• M. macdonaldii S.Valencia & Mart.Gord. ***
• M. macrocalyx (Ruiz & Pav.) O'Donell
• M. malvifolia Rendle
• M. mammosa (Lour.) Hallier f.
• M. maypurensis Hallier f.
• M. medium (L.) Hallier f.
• M. pacifica Ooststr.
• M. palmeri (S.Watson) Hallier f. ****
• M. peltata (L.) Merr.
• M. pierrei (Gagnep.) P.H.Hô
• M. pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f.
• M. platyphylla (Fernald) O'Donell
• M. pterygocaulos (Choisy) Hallier f.
• M. quinata (R.Br.) Ooststr.
• M. quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. – rock rosemary
• M. sibirica (L.) Hallier f.
• M. similis Elmer
• M. subsessilis (Courchet & Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen **
• M. ternifoliola Pittier
• M. tonkinensis (Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen **
• M. tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
• M. tuberosa (L.) Rendle – Spanish arborvine, wood rose
• M. umbellata (L.) Hallier f. – hogvine
• M. verecunda Rendle
• M. verruculosa S.Y.Liu
• M. vitifolia (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
• M. weberbaueri Ooststr.
• M. wurdackii D.F.Austin & Staples
• M. yunnanensis (Courchet & Gagnep.) R.C.Fang

* Author is H.S.Kiu per IPNI, corrected from H.X.Qiu at TPL
** Author is T.N.Nguyen per IPNI, corrected from N.T.Nhan at TPL
*** Author is Mart.Gord. per IPNI, corrected from Martínez-Gordillo at TPL
**** The author (in parenthesis) of the basionym of M. palmeri (Ipomoea palmeri) may be either S.Watson (according to ars-grin.gov), or Hallier (according to tropicos.org and theplantlist.org)

Formerly placed here

• Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso (as M. turpethum (L.) Rendle)
• Xenostegia medium (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples (as M. medium (L.) Hallier f.)
• Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples (as M. tridentata (L.) Hallier f.)^[5]

References

1. The genus Merremia was originally described and published in Genera Plantarum 18: 1403. 1841. "Name - !Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). Retrieved January 7, 2013. Type Specimens: T: Merremia hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
2. GRIN (October 5, 2007). "Merremia information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 7, 2013. Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonyms (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Operculina Silva Manso, nom. rej. & the heterotypic synonym Camonea Raf., nom. rej.
3. "Merremia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
4. "TPL, treatment of Merremia". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and MOBOT. 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
5. GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Merremia". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Merremia&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Merremia"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.