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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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Species
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Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hall. f.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Jahrb. (Syst.) 16: 552. 1893.
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Synonym
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Convolvulus dissectus Jacq., Obs. Bot. 2: 4, t. 28. 1767. TYPE: Jacquin (not seen). Ipomoea sinuata Ortega, Hort. Matr. Dec. 7: 84. 1798. TYPE: (not seen). Operculina dissecta (Jacq.) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 500. 1906. Ipomoea dissecta (Jacq.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 145. 1814.
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Description
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Vines; stems herbaceous, sparsely hirsute to glabrous. Leaves palmately divided almost to the base, the 7-9 lobes sinuate to sinuate-dentate, usually gla- brous. Flowers usually solitary, occasionally in cymes; sepals oblong, 18-25 mm long, mucronate, glabrous; corollas white with a purple center, 3-4.5 cm long. Fruits capsular, depressed-globose, 1-2 cm in diameter, subtended and partially surrounded by the calyx; seeds black, glabrous.
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Habit
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Vines
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Note
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This species flowers from July to August.
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Distribution
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occurs in Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Isla Col6n, Wedel 508 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Without locality, Epple- sheimer, 1910 (F). CEIIRIQUI: 1 mi. W of Puerto Armuelles, Croat 22032 (MO).
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