Mendoncia
Appearance
Mendoncia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Subfamily: | Thunbergioideae |
Genus: | Mendoncia |
Species | |
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Mendoncia is a genus of climbing plants in the family Acanthaceae.
It is native to southeastern South America, Africa and Madagascar. In South America some of its species are endemic to Brazil in the Atlantic Forest and/or Cerrado ecoregions; in Africa the largest number of species is found in Cameroon and Gabon.
Species
Species include:
- Mendoncia combretoides
- Mendoncia floribunda
- Mendoncia lindaviana
- Mendocia lindavii
- Mendoncia mollis
- Mendoncia puberula
- Mendoncia velloziana
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