Distimake tuberosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Distimake
Species:
D. tuberosus
Binomial name
Distimake tuberosus
(L.) A.R.Simões & Staples
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Batatas tuberosa (L.) Bojer
  • Convolvulus gossypiifolius Kunth
  • Convolvulus kentrocaulos Steud. ex Choisy
  • Convolvulus macrocarpus Spreng.
  • Convolvulus tuberosus (L.) Spreng.
  • Ipomoea glaziovii Dammer
  • Ipomoea mendesii Welw.
  • Ipomoea nuda Peter
  • Ipomoea tuberosa L.
  • Merremia tuberosa Rendle
  • Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn.

Distimake tuberosus, also known as Spanish arborvine or wood rose, is a vine in the family Convolvulaceae.[2] It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas to Brazil,[3][4] although considered by the USDA as introduced to the United States.[2] It is an invasive species in a number of islands in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, such as New Caledonia.[5][6]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. 1 2 "Plants Profile for Merremia tuberosa (Spanish arborvine)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  3. ↑ Standley, Paul Carpenter; Williams, Louis Otho (1970). Flora of Guatemala. Vol. v.24:pt.9:no.1-2 (1970). Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 74–75.
  4. ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
  5. ↑ "Merremia tuberosa (PIER species information)". Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER). 23 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Hequet, Vanessa (2009). Les espèces exotiques envahissantes de Nouvelle-Calédonie (PDF) (in French). p. 17.


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