Hancornia

Hancornia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). It contains only one known species, Hancornia speciosa, commonly called mangabeira, which produces fruits known as mangabas.^[1][2][3][4]

Hancornia
Hancornia speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:	Willughbeieae
Subtribe:	Lacmelleinae
Genus:	Hancornia Gomes [pt]
Species:	H. speciosa
Binomial name
Hancornia speciosa Gomes [pt]
Synonyms[1]
Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult. Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart. Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Mart. Hancornia gardneri (A.DC.) Miers

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
3. Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
4. Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.

External links

• (in Portuguese) Flora Brasiliensis: Hancornia