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Polymeria

Polymeria is a genus of plants in the tribe Convolvuleae in the family Convolvulaceae. Plants of this genus typically bear at least somewhat elongated leaves with bases of an at least subtly sagittate shape. Other generic typicalities include a pink-mauve corolla with a white-and-yellow center, and a stigma divided into multiple – sometimes more than ten – parts.

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Polymeria
Polymeria calycina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Tribe: Convolvuleae
Genus: Polymeria
R.Br.

Polymeria is a genus of plants in the tribe Convolvuleae in the family Convolvulaceae.1 Plants of this genus typically bear at least somewhat elongated leaves with bases of an at least subtly sagittate shape. Other generic typicalities include a pink-mauve corolla with a white-and-yellow center, and a stigma divided into multiple – sometimes more than ten – parts.

Species

  • Polymeria ambigua R.Br.
  • Polymeria angusta F.Muell.
  • Polymeria calycina R.Br.
  • Polymeria distigma Benth.
  • Polymeria lanata R.Br.
  • Polymeria longifolia Lindl.
  • Polymeria marginata Benth.
  • Polymeria mollis (Benth.) Domin
  • Polymeria pusilla R.Br.
  • Polymeria quadrivalvis R.Br.
  • Polymeria subhirsuta Domin


References

References

  1. "Genera of Convolvulaceae tribe Convolvuleae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-04-13.