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Distimake tuberosus
Scientific 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
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. It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas to Brazil, although considered by the USDA as introduced to the United States. It is an invasive species in a number of islands in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, such as New Caledonia.

References

1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
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.

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Merremia tuberosa". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

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