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.

Worldwide: c. 70 species in the tropics

Mozambique: 11 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
medium (L.) Hallier f.	N
palmata Hallier f.	N,GI,M	Description, Image
pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f.	N,Z,T,MS	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
tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Verdc.	N,Z,MS,GI	Description, Image
tridentata (L.) Hall. f. subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) van Ooststr.	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
tuberosa (L.) Rendle	MS,M

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Flora of Botswana: 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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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Merremia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Merremia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Merremia