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Mendoncia
Sign in to saveMendoncia is a genus of climbing plants in the family Acanthaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
Native toAngola, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Comoros
Observations57
Observations recorded17,919
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,104
- With media
- 648
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- F, USF, IBUNAM, NY, UCONN, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thunbergioideae
- Image
- Mendoncia velloziana Mart. (15651206420).jpg
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- taxon name
- Mendoncia
- topic's main category
- Category:Mendoncia
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- Mendoncia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mendoncia is a genus of climbing plants in the family Acanthaceae.
It is native to the tropical Americas from southern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil, and to tropical 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.
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