6997.000 Merremia Dennst. ex Endl.

XENOSTEGIA D.F. Austin & Staples

Description of the genus

Herbs, twining and often prostrate (in ours). Leaves variable in shape and size, entire or lobed. Flowers axillary, solitary or in axillary usually cymose inflorescences. Sepals 5, usually subequal. Corolla nearly always yellow or white with or without a red or purple centre. Anthers at anthesis helically twisted; pollen tricolpate. Ovary 2-4-locular. Style 1, simple, filiform; stigmas 2, spherical. Capsule 4-valved or irregularly dehiscent. Seeds 4.

Derivation of name: after Blasius Merrem, 1761-1824, a German naturalist

Worldwide: c. 70 species in the tropics

Zimbabwe: 10 taxa.

Merremia pinnata

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
aegyptia (L.) Urb.N,WDescription
hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.NDescription, Image
kentrocaulos (C.B. Clarke) Hallier f. var. pinnatifida N.E. Br.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
palmata Hallier f.W,C,E,SDescription, Image
pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
pterygocaulos (Steud. ex Choisy) Hallier f.N,W,EDescription, Image
tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Verdc.E,SDescription, Image
tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) van Ooststr.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
verecunda Baker & RendleWDescription
xanthophylla Hallier f.[LR-lc]N,C,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Merremia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Merremia
Flora of Caprivi: Merremia
Flora of Malawi: Merremia
Flora of Mozambique: Merremia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Merremia
Flora of Zambia: Merremia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Merremia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Merremia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Merremia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Merremia
Wikipedia: Merremia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Merremia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Merremia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Merremia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1182, retrieved 28 March 2023

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