Mendoncia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Thunbergioideae
Tribus: Mendoncieae
Genus: Mendoncia
Species: M. albiflora – M. antioquiensis – M. aspera – M. aurea – M. bahiensis – M. bivalvis – M. blanchetiana – M. brenesii – M. caquetensis – M. cardonae – M. clavulus – M. coccinea – M. cordata – M. coriacea – M. costaricana – M. cowanii – M. crenata – M. cuatrecasasii – M. decaryi – M. delphina – M. flagellaris – M. garciae – M. gigas – M. gilgiana – M. gilva – M. glabra – M. glabrescens – M. glomerata – M. gracilis – M. guatemalensis – M. hitchcockii – M. hoffmannseggiana – M. hollenbergiae – M. hymenophyllacea – M. kely – M. killipii – M. klugii – M. lasiophyta – M. leucantha – M. lindaviana – M. lindavii – M. litoralis – M. meyeniana – M. microchlamys – M. mirabilis – M. mollis – M. multiflora – M. mutisii – M. neblinensis – M. obovata – M. odorata – M. orbicularis – M. pedunculata – M. pennellii – M. peruviana – M. phalacra – M. phytocrenoides – M. pilosa – M. puberula – M. quadrata – M. retusa – M. rizziniana – M. robusta – M. rosea – M. rotundifolia – M. sericea – M. smithii – M. speciosa – M. spraguei – M. sprucei – M. squamuligera – M. steyermarkii – M. tarapotana – M. tessmannii – M. tetragona – M. tomentosa – M. tonduzii – M. tovarensis – M. trichota – M. velloziana – M. villosa – M. vinciflora – M. williamsii – M. zarucchii
M. coccinea - M M. mollis - a - M. puberula - M. velloziana

Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Mendoncia. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page.

Name

Mendoncia Vell. ex Vand. Fl. Lusit. Bras. Spec. 43, f. 22. (1788)
Type species: M. aspera Ruiz & Pav. Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 158. (1798)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Monachochlamys Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 217. (1883)
Afromendoncia Gilg ex Lindau Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17: 111. (1893)

References

Vandelli, D. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 43, t. 3, f. 22.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Mendoncia. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mendoncia. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 26 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Mendoncia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Mendoncia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Mendoncia. .

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 coccinea Vell.
Mendoncia combretoides (A. Chev. ex Hutchinson & Dalziel) Benoist[1]
Mendoncia floribunda
Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg) Benoist[2]
Mendocia lindavii Britton[3]
Mendoncia mollis
Mendoncia puberula
Mendoncia velloziana Nees

References

"Mendoncia combretoides (A. Chev. ex Hutchinson & Dalziel) Benoist". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
"Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg) Benoist". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
"Mendoncia lindavii Britton". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.