Merremia

Merremia
Merremia aegyptia growing in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Merremia
Dennst. ex Endl.[1][2]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
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]

  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. ^ a b 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.