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6997.000 Merremia
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. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aegyptia (L.) Urb. | N,W | Description |
| hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f. | N | Description, Image |
| kentrocaulos (C.B. Clarke) Hallier f. var. pinnatifida N.E. Br. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| palmata Hallier f. | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| pterygocaulos (Steud. ex Choisy) Hallier f. | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Verdc. | E,S | Description, Image |
| tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) van Ooststr. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| verecunda Baker & Rendle | W | Description |
| xanthophylla Hallier f.[LR-lc] | N,C,E | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: MerremiaFlora 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): MerremiaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Merremia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Merremia
Wikipedia: Merremia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Merremia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Merremia
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