Convolvulaceae
Merremia

Merremia platyphylla (Fernald) O'Donell

First published in Lilloa 6: 513 (1941)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Morelos, Guerreo, Oaxaca). It is a climbing herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • O'Donell, C.A. (1941). Revision de las especies americanas de de Merremia (Convolvulaceae). Lilloa 6: 467-554. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Instituto 'Miguel Lillo'.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • O'Donell, C.A. (1941). Revision de las especies americanas de de Merremia (Convolvulaceae). Lilloa 6: 467-554. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Instituto 'Miguel Lillo'.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0