Mendoncia is a genus of climbing plants in the family Acanthaceae.
| Mendoncia | |
|---|---|
_(28172366299).jpg)
| |
| 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 | |
|
See text | |
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
editSpecies include:
- Mendoncia coccinea Vell.
- Mendoncia combretoides (A. Chev. ex Hutchinson & Dalziel) Benoist[1]
- Mendoncia floribunda
- Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg) Benoist[2]
- Mendocia lindavii Britton[3]
- Mendoncia mollis
- Mendoncia puberula
- Mendoncia velloziana Nees
References
edit- ^ "Mendoncia combretoides (A. Chev. ex Hutchinson & Dalziel) Benoist". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg) Benoist". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Mendoncia lindavii Britton". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
 | This Acanthaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |