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

Mozambique: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aegyptia (L.) Urb.	T	Description
hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.	T,MS	Description, Image
kentrocaulos (C.B. Clarke) Hallier f. var. pinnatifida N.E. Br.	T,MS,GI	Description, Image
palmata Hallier f.	N,GI,M	Description, Image
pterygocaulos (Steud. ex Choisy) Hallier f.	N,Z,T,MS,M	Description, Image
quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f.	N,Z,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
tuberosa (L.) Rendle	MS,M	Description

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

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Merremia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Merremia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Merremia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Merremia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Merremia
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Wikipedia: Merremia