Merremieae
Belongs within: Convolvuloideae.
The Merremieae are a pantropical group of herbaceous vines characterised by globose stigmas (Stefanović et al. 2003).
Characters (from Stefanović et al. 2003): Plants herbaceous, vines. Leaf base usually cordate. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual. Filaments dilated, usually pubescent. Styles entire. Stigmas globose. Fruits dehiscent, capsular, valvate to operculate. Pericarp chartaceous. Pollen 3-colpate or pantoporate, non-echinate.
<==Merremieae ST98
|--Hewittia sublobata SAO03, ST98
|--Hyalocystis SAO03
|--Decalobanthus SAO03
|--Xenostegia tridentata SAO03, GYD14
|--Operculina SAO03
| |--O. aequisepala LK14
| |--O. brownii LK14
| |--O. pteripes ST98
| |--O. riedeliana ST98
| |--O. triquetra ST98
| `--O. turpethum ST98
`--Merremia SAO03
|--M. aegyptia PP07
|--M. aurea ST98
|--M. bipinnatipartita CV06
|--M. cissoides ST98
|--M. dissecta LK14
|--M. gemella LK14
|--M. guerichii CV06
|--M. hederacea P88
|--M. incisa LK14
|--M. kimberleyensis LK14
|--M. medium ST98
|--M. multisecta CV06
|--M. peltata SAO03
|--M. quinata LK14
|--M. quinquefolia ST98
|--M. tuberosa ST98
`--M. umbellata ST98
|--M. u. ssp. umbellata LK14
`--M. u. ssp. orientalis LK14
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[CV06] Craven, P., & P. Vorster. 2006. Patterns of plant diversity and endemism in Namibia. Bothalia 36 (2): 175–189.
[GYD14] Gibson, L. A., S. Yates & P. Doughty (eds) 2012–2014. Biodiversity Values on Selected Kimberley Islands, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81.
[LK14] Lyons, M. N., G. J. Keighery, L. A. Gibson & T. Handasyde. 2014. Flora and vegetation communities of selected islands off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81: 205–244.
[PP07] Pandey, R. P., & P. M. Padhye. 2007. Studies on phytodiversity of Arid Machia Safari Park-Kailana in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 49: 15–78.
[P88] Polunin, I. 1988. Plants and Flowers of Malaysia. Times Editions: Singapore.
[ST98] Schimming, T., B. Tofern, P. Mann, A. Richter, K. Jenett-Siems, B. Dräger, N. Asano, M. P. Gupta, M. D. Correa & E. Eich. 1998. Distribution and taxonomic significance of calystegines in the Convolvulaceae. Phytochemistry 49: 1989–1995.
[SAO03] Stefanović, S., D. F. Austin & R. G. Olmstead. 2003. Classification of Covolvulaceae: a phylogenetic approach. Systematic Botany 28 (4): 791–806.