Biology:Distimake tuberosus

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Short description: Species of plant

Distimake tuberosus
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Scientific classification edit
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[1]
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.[2] It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas to Brazil ,[3][4] although considered by the USDA as introduced to the United States.[2] It is an invasive species in a number of islands in the Indian and Pacific Ocean, such as New Caledonia.[5][6]

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