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Fig. 2. Merremia kimberleyensis. A flowering branchlet x l . B inflorescence at fruiting x 2. A. from Handasyde 
TH.95 KAC 1 (BRI). B. from Mitchell 4373 (BRI). Del. W.Smith. 
acute sepals, with the outer obtuse and much 
shorter than the inner. 
Phenology : Flowering and fruiting have been 
recorded in January and May. 
Etymology : The specific epithet refers to the 
region in which the species is found. 
Notes : This species was recognised as 
Merremia sp. A. in the Flora of the Kimberley 
Region (Wheeler & Marchant 1992) on the 
basis of a single specimen from Sale River in 
the west Kimberley. 
9. Merremia peltata (L.) Merr., Interpr. Herb. 
Amboin. 441 (1917); Convolvulus peltatus L., 
Sp. PI. 2: 1194 (1753); Ipomoea peltata (L.) 
Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 6: 
452 (1834); Operculina peltata (L.) Hallier 
f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 549 (1893); et 18: 119 
(1893); Merremia nymphaeifolia Hallier f., 
Verslag Staat Lands Plantentuin Buitenzorg 
127 (1896), nom illeg. Type: illustration in 
G.E.Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 5: 428, t. 157 
(1750) (lecto,^?£fe Merrill (1917: 441)). 
Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Blume, Bijdr. 719 
(1826). Type: “in fruticetis montanis et in 
convallibus umbrosis circa Buitenzorg”; n.v., 
fide Ooststroom (1939: 352, 357). 
Ipomoea menispermacea Domin, Biblioth. 
Bot. 89: 535 (1928). Type: Queensland. Cook 
District: ap. flumen Harveys Creek, January 
1910, K.Domin s.n. (holo: PR530538 [photo 
BRI]). 
Distribution : Queensland; also tropical 
Africa, Malesia to Polynesia. 
10. Merremia quinata (R.Br.) Ooststr., FI. 
Males, ser. I, 4: 447 (1953); Ipomoea quinata 
R.Br., Prodr. 486 (1810); Convolulus quinatus 
(R.Br.) Spreng., Syst. Veg, 1: 590 (1824). 
Type: Northern Territory. North Coast. Island 
a [Mallison Is., N.T.], 1 Mar. 1803, R.Brown 
[Bennett no. 2755 ] (holo: BM [photo BRI]). 
Ipomoea hirsuta R.Br., Prodr. 486 (1810); 
Convolvulus brownii Spreng., Syst. Veg, 
1: 590 (1824) nom. illeg. Type: Northern 
Territory. Arnhem, north Bay [Melville Bay], 
14 February 1803, R.Brown [Bennett no. 2756] 
(holo: BM [photo BRI]). 
