Merremia gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f.

Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P., 2011, The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor, Blumea 56 (1), pp. 49-72 : 65

3. Merremia gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f. — Map 14

Merremia gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (1893a) 552;Ooststr.(in Ooststr.& Hoogland 1953) 441.

Convolvulus gemellus Burm.f. (1768) 46.

Distribution — Southeast Asia to tropical Australia, throughout Malesia (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Habitat & Ecology — In thickets, on hedges, in grasslands, in teak-forests, along railroads, on dikes of rice-fields, often on moist soil, from sea level to 250 m (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953) . The specimen seen from East Timor was collected at 400 m.

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Map 14 Distribution of Merremia dichotoma Ooststr. ($), M. emarginata (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (5), M. gemella (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (:) and M. hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (-).