Mendoncia puberula
Appearance
Mendoncia puberula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Acanthaceae |
Genus: | Mendoncia |
Species: | M. puberula
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Binomial name | |
Mendoncia puberula Mart. (1829)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Mendoncia puberula is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae[1] (or according to some specialists in the family Mendonciaceae). It is a liana native to tropical South America, ranging from Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador through northern, central, and southern Brazil.[1]
It is a climber with opposite, entire ovate leaves somewhat hairy abaxially, which renders the species its epithet.
The fruit is a drupe, resembling a dark grape. The flowers are surrounded by two bracts.
The species' native habitat includes the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado in Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mendoncia puberula Mart. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- (in Portuguese) CONAMA (1999) Resolução CONAMA Nº 261, de 30 de junho de 1999
Categories:
- Mendoncia
- Endemic flora of Brazil
- Flora of the Atlantic Forest
- Flora of the Cerrado
- Flora of North Brazil
- Flora of South Brazil
- Flora of Southeast Brazil
- Flora of West-Central Brazil
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of Venezuela
- Plants described in 1829
- Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
- Acanthaceae stubs