''Mendoncia'' is a genus of
climbing plants in the family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...
.
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
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Brazil
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in the Atlantic Forest and/or Cerrado
The Cerrado () is a vast ecoregion of Tropics, tropical savanna in central Brazil, being present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Paraná ...
ecoregions. In Africa the largest number of species is found in Cameroon and Gabon.
Species
89 species are accepted.[
*'' Mendoncia albiflora''
*'' Mendoncia amabilis''
*'' Mendoncia antioquiensis''
*'' Mendoncia aspera''
*'' Mendoncia aurea''
*'' Mendoncia bahiensis''
*'' Mendoncia bivalvis''
*'']Mendoncia blanchetiana
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia brenesii
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia camerounensis''
*'' Mendoncia caquetensis''
*''Mendoncia cardonae
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia clavulus
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia coccinea
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia combretoides
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia cordata
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia coriacea
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia costaricana
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia cowanii
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia crenata
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia cuatrecasasii
''Mendoncia'' is a genus of vine, 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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia decaryi''
*'' Mendoncia delphina''
*'' Mendoncia flagellaris''
*'' Mendoncia floribunda''
*'' Mendoncia garciae''
*''Mendoncia gigas
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia gilgiana''
*'' Mendoncia gilva''
*'' Mendoncia glabra''
*'' Mendoncia glabrescens''
*'' Mendoncia glomerata''
*'' Mendoncia guatemalensis''
*'' Mendoncia hitchcockii''
*'' Mendoncia hoffmannseggiana''
*'' Mendoncia hollenbergiae''
*'' Mendoncia hymenophyllacea''
*''Mendoncia iodioides
''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 ...
''
*''Mendoncia kely
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia killipii''
*'' Mendoncia klugii''
*'' Mendoncia lasiophyta''
*'' Mendoncia leucantha''
*'' Mendoncia lindaviana'' Mendoncia litoralis
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia meyeniana''
*''Mendoncia microchlamys
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia mirabilis''
*'' Mendoncia mollis''
*'' Mendoncia multiflora''
*''Mendoncia mutisii
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia neblinensis''
*''Mendoncia obovata
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia odorata''
*''Mendoncia orbicularis
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia pedunculata''
*'' Mendoncia pennellii''
*'' Mendoncia peruviana''
*'' Mendoncia phalacra''
*'' Mendoncia phytocrenoides''
*'' Mendoncia pilosa''
*'' Mendoncia puberula''
*'' Mendoncia quadrata''
*'' Mendoncia rabiensis''
*'' Mendoncia retusa''
*'' Mendoncia rizziniana''
*'' Mendoncia robusta''
*'' Mendoncia rosea''
*'' Mendoncia rotundifolia''
*'' Mendoncia sericea''
*'' Mendoncia smithii''
*''Mendoncia speciosa
''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 ...
''
*'' Mendoncia spraguei''
*'' Mendoncia sprucei''
*'' Mendoncia squamuliger''
*'' Mendoncia steyermarkii''
*'' Mendoncia tarapotana''
*'' Mendoncia tessmannii''
*'' Mendoncia tetragona''
*'' Mendoncia tomentosa''
*'' Mendoncia tonduzii''
*'' Mendoncia tovarensis''
*'' Mendoncia trichota''
*''Mendoncia velloziana
''Mendoncia velloziana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a liana native to tropical South America, ranging from Colombia and Peru through northern, eastern, and southern Brazil to Paraguay.
native to Atlantic Co ...
''
*'' Mendoncia villosa''
*'' Mendoncia vinciflora''
*'' Mendoncia williamsii''
*'' Mendoncia zarucchii''
References
Acanthaceae genera
Flora of the Afrotropical realm
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Taxa described in 1788
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