Merremia pterygocaulos

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Internal ID UUID64405bbdf0275846567429
Scientific name Merremia pterygocaulos
Authority Hallier f.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ipomoea petersiana Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique : 239 (1861)
Merremia tetraptera Hallier f. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 1: 21 (1910 publ. 1911)
Ipomoea quadrangularis Bojer ex Choisy Prodr. 9: 387 (1845)
Ipomoea pterygocaulos Choisy Prodr. 9: 381 (1845)
Ipomoea tetraptera Baker Fl. Cap. 4(2): 65 (1904)
Convolvulus pterygocaulos Steud. ex Choisy Prodr. 9: 381 (1845)
Merremia pterygocaulos var. chrysantha Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 727. 1898
Merremia pterygocaulos var. tomentosa Hallier f. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 90. 1898

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Hausa Ƙafar kaza

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Gambia
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001297670
Tropicos 8501221
INPN 706534
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270568-1
The Plant List tro-8501221
Open Tree Of Life 5921781
NCBI Taxonomy 1580187
IPNI 270568-1
iNaturalist 507241
GBIF 5548939
USDA GRIN 311675

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Ethnobotanical Survey of Local Flora Used for Medicinal Purposes among Indigenous People in Five Areas in Lagos State, Nigeria Lawal IO, Rafiu BO, Ale JE, Majebi OE, Aremu AO Plants (Basel) 25-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8912796
doi:10.3390/plants11050633
PMID:35270103
Research Progression of the Genus Merremia: A Comprehensive Review on the Nutritional Value, Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicity Olatunji TL, Adetunji AE, Olisah C, Idris OA, Saliu OD, Siebert F Plants (Basel) 30-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8537340
doi:10.3390/plants10102070
PMID:34685875

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