Taxon: Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle

Common names:

• Hawaiian wood-rose   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Spanish woodbine   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• wood-rose   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• yellow-morning-glory   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• liane-à-tonelle   (Source: F LAnt ) – French
  
• liane-jaune   (Source: F LAnt ) – French
  
• xixcamátic   (Source: Econ Bot 52:412) – Spanish (Mexico)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  

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Distributional range:

• origin Mexico & Central America

• pantropic

References:

• Austin, D. F. 1998. Xixicamatic or wood rose (Merremia tuberosa, Convolvulaceae): origins and dispersal. Econ. Bot. 52:412–422.
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java)
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. (F Bahamas)
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
• Donell, C. A. O . 1941. Revision de las especies americanas de Merremia (Convolvulaceae). Lilloa 6:514–516.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Fosberg, F. R. & M.-H. Sachet. 1975–. Flora of Micronesia, Smithsonian Contr. Bot. (F Micrones)
• Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae. (L Micrones)
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 (F CubaLeon)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
• Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Flora del Avila. (F Avila)
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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Synonyms:

• (≡) Ipomoea tuberosa L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (≡) Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn.
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)

Check other databases for Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle:

• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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