Merremia
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Merremia aegyptia (M pantaphylla) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 2527.jpg
|image_caption = Merremia aegyptia growing in Hyderabad, India
|taxon = Merremia
|authority = Dennst. ex Endl.The genus Merremia was originally described and published in Genera Plantarum 18: 1403. 1841. {{ cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40017494 |title=Name - !Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. |quote=Type Specimens: T: Merremia hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f. |work=Tropicos |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT) |location=Saint Louis, Missouri |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}{{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?7478 |title=Merremia information from NPGS/GRIN |author=GRIN |author-link=Germplasm Resources Information Network |quote=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. |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland |date=October 5, 2007 |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms =
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File:Merremia aegyptia MHNT.BOT.2009.16.8.jpg]]
File:Merremia vitifolia 2 by kadavoor.JPG, Kerala]]
File:Merremia aurea MHNT.BOT.2015.34.119.jpg]]
Merremia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.{{ITIS |id=30866 |taxon=Merremia |accessdate=2011-04-12}}
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Merremia:{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:11936-1|title=Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-04-16}}
- 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.){{ cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?7478 |title=Species in GRIN for genus Merremia |author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |accessdate=January 7, 2013}}
= 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.{{cn|date=July 2021}}
References
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External links
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