Porana

Porana volubilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Dichondreae
Genus: Porana
Species: P. nutans – P. volubilis

Name

Porana Burm. f. Fl. Indica 51, pl. 21, f. 1. (1768)

• Type species: Porana volubilis Burm. f. 51, (1768)
  

Note: Porana s.s. sensu Staples, 2006 and Breteler, 2013.

References

Primary references

• Burman, N.L. 1768. Flora Indica: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non prodromus florae capensis. pp. [i–vii], [1]–241 [242 = Elenchus tabularum] [1–17], [1] 1*, 2–28, 25 [bis]–28 [bis], pls 1–21, 21*, 22–67. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: apud Cornelium Haek, apud Johannem Schreuderum. BHL Reference page. : 51, pl. 21, f. 1. BHL

Additional references

• Breteler, F.J. 2013. Revision of Calycobolus (Convolvulaceae) in continental Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 146(3): 328–359. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2013.856 Reference page. 
• Staples, G.W. 2006. Revision of Asiatic Poraneae (Convolvulaceae) – Cordisepalum, Dinetus, Duperreya, Porana, Poranopsis, and Tridynamia. Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 51(3): 403-491. Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Staples, G.W. & Austin, D.F. 2009. Revision of neotropical Calycobolus and Porana (Convolvulaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66: 133–153. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428609005319 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Porana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 08. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Porana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Porana. Published online. Accessed: November 08 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Porana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2019.

Vernacular names

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