Dolichandra

Dolichandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Latin America and the Caribbean.^[2] They are climbing lianas with trifid and uncate tendrils.^[3] The best-known species is Dolichandra unguis-cati.

Dolichandra
Dolichandra unguis-cati
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Bignonieae
Genus:	Dolichandra Cham.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
List Batocydia Mart. ex Britton & P.Wilson Batocydia Mart. ex DC. Doxantha Miers Edouardia Corr.Méllo ex Stellfeld Macfadyena A.DC. Melloa Bureau Microbignonia Kraenzl. Parabignonia Bureau ex K.Schum. Paradolichandra Hassl.

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Dolichandra chodatii (Hassl.) L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra cynanchoides Cham.
• Dolichandra dentata (K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra hispida (DC.) L.H.Fonseca & L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra quadrivalvis (Jacq.) L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra steyermarkii (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra uncata (Andrews) L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra unguiculata (Vell.) L.G.Lohmann
• Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

References

1. Linnaea 7: 657 (1832)
2. "Dolichandra Cham". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
3. Fonseca, Luiz Henrique M.; Cabral, Simone Miranda; Agra, Maria DE Fatima; Lohmann, Lúcia G. (2017). "Taxonomic Revision of Dolichandra (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)". Phytotaxa. 301: 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.301.1.1.