Merremia macrocalyx
Nomenclature
Merremia macrocalyx (Ruiz & Pavon) O'Donell, Lilloa 6: 506. 1941.
Convolvulus macrocalyx Ruiz & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. 2: 10. plate 118, fig. 6. 1799. TYPE. Peru. Cuchero y Chinchao, Ruiz & Pavon (holotype MA; isotypes F, US).
Convolvulus glaber Aublet, Pl. Gui. Fr. 1: 138. plate 53. 1775, nomen illegit., non Miller (1768). TYPE. French Guiana. Aublet (P).
Ipomoea glaber (Aublet) Choisy in DeCandolle, Prodr. 9: 362. 1845.
Batatas glaber (Aublet) Bentham, Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. 5: 352. 1846.
Merremia glabra (Aublet) Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893.
Convolvulus contortus Vell., Fl. Flum. 70. 1829 [title page 1825]. TYPE. Brazil. maritimas ad ripas fluvii Taguahy, Vellozo s.n. (not found); Icon. 2: 48 1831 [title page 1827].
Ipomoea macrocalyx (Ruiz & Pavon) Choisy in DeCandolle, Prodr. 9: 362. 1845.
Ipomoea hostmanni Meisn. in Martius, Fl. Bras. 7: 290. 1869. TYPE. Suriname. Hostmann 65 (type).
Merremia glabra var. pubescens van Ooststr. ex Macbride, Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 11: 3. 1931. TYPE. Peru. San Martin: Pampayacu, Macbride 5045 (holotype, F; isotype US).
Description
Austin, D. F. & G. W. Staples. Convolvulaceae in Flora Neotropica [unpublished data].
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Found in Mexico, Middle America, Trinidad and Tobago, and South America.
Austin, D. F. & G. W. Staples. Convolvulaceae in Flora Neotropica [unpublished data].
Raimúndez-Urrutia, E. L. Avendaño, & D. Velázquez. 2008. Reproductive biology of the morning glory Merremia macrocalyx (Ruiz & Pavon) O'Donnell (Convolvulaceae). J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 135(3): 299-308.