Merremia incisa
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Family Convolvulaceae
Taxonomy: Merremia incisa (R.Br.) Hallier f.
Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Convolvulus cinerascens (R.Br.) Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
- Convolvulus incisus (R.Br.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Ipomoea cinerascens R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ipomoea incisa R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Merremia A92973 Elliott (taxonomic synonym)
- Merremia D19105 Kakadu (taxonomic synonym)
- Merremia sp. B (taxonomic synonym)
- Merremia sp. B Kimb. Flora (taxonomic synonym)
- Merremia sp. B Kimberley Flora (B.J.Carter 533) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Merremia sp. Elliott (D.E.Albrecht 7460) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
- Merremia sp. Kakadu (C.R.Dunlop 5659) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (18), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (26). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 63 records in 9 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 14 mm (5-23 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): hastate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (2); none (1); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 21 | 26 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| NTH_2023 | 14 | 18 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 4 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |