Merremia

Merremia
	Merremia aegyptia growing in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Genus:	Merremia; Dennst. ex Endl.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Astromerremia Pilg.; Skinneria Choisy; Spiranthera Bojer;

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

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Merremia:^[4]

M. aniseiifolia Ooststr. – hairy woodrose
M. caloxantha (Diels) Staples & R.C.Fang
M. calycina (Meisn.) Hallier f.
M. calyculata Ooststr.
M. candei (A.Terracc.) Sebsebe
M. clemensiana Ooststr. – roadside woodrose
M. cordata C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang
M. crassinervia Ooststr.
M. dichotoma Ooststr.
M. discoidesperma (Donn.Sm.) O'Donell
M. ellenbeckii Pilg.
M. emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
M. gallabatensis Hallier f.
M. gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
M. gorinii Chiov.
M. gracilis E.J.F.Campb. & Argent
M. grandidentata (C.H.Thomps.) Staples & Simões
M. gregorii Rendle
M. hainanensis H.S.Kiu
M. hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (type) – ivy woodrose
M. hemmingiana Verdc.
M. hirta (L.) Merr.
M. hornbyi Verdc.
M. incisa (R.Br.) Hallier f.
M. malvifolia Rendle
M. martini (H.Lév.) Staples & Simões
M. obtusa (Verdc.) Thulin
M. palmata Hallier f.
M. pavonii (Hallier f.) D.F.Austin & Staples
M. platyphylla (Fernald) O'Donell
M. poranoides (C.B.Clarke) Hallier f.
M. porrecta Pilg.
M. pterygocaulos (Choisy) Hallier f.
M. rajasthanensis Bhandari
M. retusa (Baker) Manitz – rock rosemary
M. setisepala Verdc.
M. sibirica (L.) Hallier f.
M. spongiosa Rendle
M. steenisii Ooststr.
M. subsessilis (Courchet & Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen
M. thorelii (Gagnep.) Staples
M. truncata Verdc.
M. verdcourtiana Lejoly & Lisowski
M. verecunda Rendle
M. verruculosa S.Y.Liu
M. warderensis Sebsebe.
M. wurdackii D.F.Austin & Staples
M. xanthophylla Hallier f.
M. yunnanensis (Courchet & Gagnep.) R.C.Fang

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]

Uses

In the Indigenous system of Medicine, Ipomoea reniformis chois is also known as Merremia emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f. has been claimed to be useful for cough, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, diuretic, inflammation, fever due to enlargement of liver and also in kidney diseases. The tribal people use this plant for deobstruent, diuretic, rheumatism, neuralgia, cancerous wounds, migraine, purgative, snake bites, ulcer, abscesses and glandular swelling.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ "Merremia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
^ "Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
^ 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). "Merremia". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

[trop-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.

[GRIN-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.

[ITIS-3] "Merremia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-04-12.

[4] "Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

[GRINSpecies-5] GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Merremia". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 7, 2013.

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