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Narrow-leaved merremia (Xenostegia tridentata)

Dlium Narrow-leaved merremia (Xenostegia tridentata)

Narrow-leaved merremia (Xenostegia tridentata) is a species of plant in the Convolvulaceae, herbaceous, grows climbing or creeping on the ground, square-shaped stems, reddish in color, grows in sandy soil near the coast, agricultural land, roadsides and lots of sunlight.

X. tridentata has alternate sitting leaves and no stems. The strands are elongated, heart-shaped at the base, pointed at the tip, green or reddish, up to 30 mm long and 1-2 mm wide. Flowers are funnel-shaped, 2 cm wide, 2-3 cm long, white or yellow with a brownish red center.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Subfamily: Convolvuloideae
Tribe: Merremieae
Genus: Xenostegia D.F.Austin & Staples in Brittonia 32: 533 (1980 publ. 1981)
Species: Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples in Brittonia 32: 533 (1980 publ. 1981)
Subspecies: Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) Lejoly & Lisowski, Xenostegia tridentata subsp. hastata (Ooststr.) Parmar, Xenostegia tridentata subsp. tridentata

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Convolvulus tridentatus L. in Sp. Pl.: 157 (1753)
Evolvulus tridentatus (L.) L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 392 (1762)
Ipomoea tridentata (L.) Roth in Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 38 (1797)
Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893)
Merremia tridentata subsp. genuina Ooststr. in Blumea 3: 315 (1939)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Alfarhan, A. & Thomas, J. in Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Saudi Arabian CNV + CUS. Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2(2): 156-222. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.

Barker, R.M. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993). Fl. Australia Oceanic Islds. Convolvs. Flora of Australia 50: 342-353. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Fang, R.-Z. & Staples, G. (1995). Convolvulaceae. Flora of China 16: 271-325. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.

Jarvis, C.E. in Jarvis, C.E. (2007). Convolvulaceae. Order out of Chaos Linnean Soc. London & Nat. Hist. Museum.

Johnson, R.W. (2012). Convolvulaceae. Australian Plant Census Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria.

Kartesz, J.T. in Kartesz, J.T. (1994). Convolvulaceae. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland: 217-221. Timber Press.

Kress, W.J., R.A. DeFilipps, E. Farr, & Y.Y. Kyi in Kress, W.J. et al. (2003). Cklist. Myanmar Convolvulaceae. Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar: 197-201. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC.

Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski (1993). Les Convolvulaceae dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 38: 351-400.

Liogier, H.A. & L.F. Martorell in Liogier, H.A. & Martorell, L.F. (2000). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: a Systematic Synopsis: 162-167. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Meeuse, A.D.J. & W.G. Welman (2000). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Southern Africa 28: 1-138. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture.

Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C.M., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simões, A.R.G. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Convolvulaceae: 1-252. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Staples, G. (2018). Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viêt-Nam 36: 1-406. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Staples, G. (with P. Traiperm) (2010). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Thailand 10: 330-468. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Thulin, M. et al. in Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Somalia 3: 221-258. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Geeltrompettertjie
Bengali: প্রসারিনী - হলুদ কোলমি লওতা Prosharini, Holud Kolmi Lawta
Burmese: ဆာရီနီ
Chinese (simplified): 地旋花
Chinese (traditional): 地旋花 - 戟葉菜欒藤
English: Narrow-leaved Merremia, Narrowleaf Merremia, Miniature Morning Glory
Filipino: Sarini
Gujarati: Bhintagariyo
Hindi: प्रसारिणी Prasarini
Hong Kong: 地旋花
Indonesia: Sarini, Irit-iritan
Japanese: ホソバアサガオ
Java: Sarini
Kachchhi: Jhamarval, Toparaval
Kannada: Prasaarani, Ilikivi Soppu
Khmer: សារីនី
Konkani: Kali Vel
Lao: ຊາຣິນີ
Macao: 地旋花
Malayalam: Cheruvayera, Prasarani, Pradharini, Thalaneeli, Prasaarani
Marathi: Kali Vel
Nepali: प्रसारिणी Prasarini
Odia: Prasarani
Rajasthani: Prasarini
Russian: Ксеностегия трёхзубчатая
Sanskrit: Prasarini
Sekwena: Motantanyane
Selete: Mothanthanyane
Sinhala: ප්රසාරිණී Prasarini
Southern Africa: Narrowleaf Merremia
Taiwan: 地旋花 - 戟葉菜欒藤
Tamil: காரிணி - முடியற்குந்தல் - முடியோர் கூந்தல் - சவுலிக்கொடி - திருப்பன் புல்லு Cariṉi, Mudiarkunthal, Mutiyor Kuntal,
Savulikodi, Thrippan Pullu
Telugu: Lanja Savaram, Seethamma Jada, Seetamma Savaram, Sunchu Mutthi
Ternate: Jala ma tubu
Thai: เถาตดหมา
Tswana: Ledelele, Monthanthanyane, Motangtanyane, Motantanyane
Vietnam: Hoa bìm bìm nhỏ

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