Mendoncia velloziana

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: Mendoncia velloziana
Name

Mendoncia velloziana Nees, 1847
Synonyms

Mendoncia fulva Lindau
Mendoncia velloziana C. Martius

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
N-Brazil (Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Peru, S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Amambay, Pres. Hayes)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D., Prodr. 11: 50 1847.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Mendoncia velloziana. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mendoncia velloziana. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 26 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Mendoncia velloziana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 26.
Tropicos.org 2018. Mendoncia velloziana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jun. 2018.

Mendoncia velloziana is a plant native to Atlantic Coast restingas vegetation which is an ecosystem of Atlantic Forest biome. In addition, this plant grows either in Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. This plant grows in following states of Brazil: Bahia, Ceará Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina, and it is usually visited by the hummingbirds.
References

Mendoncia velloziana is cited in the following research articles:

(in Portuguese) ABREU, C. R. M.; VIEIRA, M. F.. (2004) Hummingbirds and their floral resources in a forest fragment in Viçosa, southeastern Brazil with have the abstract in English.
(in Portuguese) BRAZ, D. M; CARVALHO-OKANO, R. M.; KAMEYAMA, C. (2002) Acanthaceae of Mata do Paraíso Forest Reserve, Viçosa, Minas Gerais with have the abstract in English.