Notes on American Convolvulaceae

Abstract

In this paper, the author makes some synonymic notes on several taxa of Ipomoea and Merremia. The author publishes as new the genus Tetralocularia and the following species: Tetralocularia pennellit, Ipomoea peredot, I. ramboi, I, tarijensis and Bonamia holtii. He makes the new combinations: Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy var. nitens (Choisy) (= Aniseia nitens Choisy), Operculina alata (Ham, Urban var. pubescens (Pilger) (= O. pterodes (Choisy) Meissn. f. pubescens Pilger), Porana nutans (Choisy) (= Ipomoea nutans Choisy) and Turbina rudolphii (Roem, et Schult.) (= Ipomoea rudolphit Roem. et Schult.).