View source for Merremia tuberosa

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Merremia tuberosa
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Rendle in D. Oliver et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Trop. Afr.
|place=4(2): 104. 1905
|year=1905
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ipomoea tuberosa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 160.  1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Operculina tuberosa
|authority=(Linnaeus) Meisner
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Merremia;Merremia tuberosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Convolvulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Merremia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Merremia tuberosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>glabrous. <b>Leaf</b> blades broadly ovate to rounded, palmately (5–)7-lobed, 80–150 × 80–150 mm; lobes lanceolate to elliptic, margins entire, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually 4–8-flowered cymes, flowers rarely solitary. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals oblong, outers 25–30 mm, apex obtuse, mucronulate, inners 12–20 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla yellow, 50–60 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Nov–Mar.
|habitat=Fields, hammocks, pinelands.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;Central America;introduced also in West Indies;South America;Old World subtropics and tropics.
|introduced=true
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Merremia tuberosa
|authority=(Linnaeus) Rendle in D. Oliver et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Operculina tuberosa
|basionyms=Ipomoea tuberosa
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering Nov–Mar.
|habitat=Fields, hammocks, pinelands.
|elevation=0–10 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;Central America;introduced also in West Indies;South America;Old World subtropics and tropics.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Trop. Afr.
|publication year=1905
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Merremia
|species=Merremia tuberosa
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