Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 552 1893. (Syn: Batatas quinquefolia (L.) Choisy; Convolvulus ampelopsifolius Cham. & Schltdl.; Convolvulus hispaniolae Spreng.; Convolvulus quinquefolius (L.) L.; Ipomoea ampelopsifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) G. Don; Ipomoea hispaniolae (Spreng.) G. Don; Ipomoea potentilloides Meisn.; Ipomoea quinquefolia L.; Merremia parviflora Pittier; Merremia potentilloides (Meisn.) Hallier f.); USA (Florida), Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Barthelemy, St. Lucia), Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guyana, Belize, Venezuela (Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Lara, Miranda, Yaracuy, Zulia), Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Valle), Trinidad, Mozambique (introduced), Benin (introduced), Ivory Coast (introduced), Tanzania (introduced), Australia (introduced) (Queensland (introduced)), Java (introduced), Laos (introduced), India (introduced), Vietnam (introduced), Fiji (introduced) as per Catalogue of Life;
me-REE-mee-uh — named for Blasius Merrem, German naturalist and professor commonly known as: five-fingered morning glory, rock rosemary, snakevine Native to: West Indies, Mexico, Central America, n & w South America
Convolvulaceae Week :: Merremia quinquefolia at a resort in Jawahar: Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. me-REE-mee-uh — named for Blasius Merrem, German naturalist and professor kwin-kway-FOH-lee-uh — leaf in fives; five-lobed leaves … Dave’s Botanary Dec 19, 2009 … in garden of resort at Jawahar, Maharashtra commonly known as: five-fingered morning glory, rock rosemary, snakevine Native to: West Indies, Mexico, Central America, n & w South America References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • PIER • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar more views: Dec 19, 2009 … in garden of resort at Jawahar, Maharashtra
Climber For ID : Morning Glory : Bangalore : 151213 : AK-17 : Attachments (7). 2 posts by 1 author. Wild climber seen along the roadside in Bangalore on 25/11/13. Merremia? This appears to be Merremia quinquefolia as in Flowersofindia.
[efloraofindia] climber ID please : Attachments (4). 3 posts by 3 authors. Please help me identification. Image taken at Pune, Mahrashtra. It is a climber. May be of Convolvulaceae. It looks like a Merremia species, probably M. dissecta. Merremia quinqufolia.
efloraindia: 041111 BRS111: Pl. find the attached file contain photo for id. request. Date/Time-Location- 03.11.2011 NBNP Garden Place, Altitude, GPS- Anaikatti (640 MSL) Coimbatore Dist., Habitat- Wild Plant Habit- Climber Flowers Size/ Colour- white
Ipomoea sp? Appears close to Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet I think matches with images at Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f. It is Merremia quinquefolia in deed !
Convolvulaceae Week- for species id. request from Coimbatore: Location: Anaikatti, Coimbatore Dist., Date: Nov. 2011 Habitat: Garden Habit: Climber. The plant looks to be Merremia quinquefolia Similar in structure to Merremia aegyptia https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/nfkvaOCF6Po
Id request : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5) Please validate the slender climber Merremia aegyptica? dissecta? I find it closer to Calyx is glabrous, Merremia cissioides? but leaf margin is entire, unlike in Merremia cissoides -dentate. It is Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f., very common in A.P . Distimake quinquefolius: 1 image. Family: Convolvulaceae Name: Rock Rosemary Species: Distimake quinquefolius Date: Dec 29, 2007 Place: Jamwa Ramgarh Wild Life Sanctuary, Jamwa Ramgarh, Vishanpura, Rajasthan 303109, India
. References: The Plant List Catalogue of Life (Distimake quinquefolius (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples ) GRIN Flowers of India PIER India Biodiversity Portal Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post |
Merremia quinquefolia
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