Mendoncia
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mendoncia is a genus of climbing plants in the family Acanthaceae.
Mendoncia | |
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Mendoncia hoffmannseggiana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Subfamily: | Thunbergioideae |
Genus: | Mendoncia Vell. ex Vand. |
Species | |
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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 include:
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