Paullinia paullinioides is a flowering plant species in the genus of Paullinia found in South America. It was first described in 1895, by Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer.[1]
| Paullinia paullinioides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Paullinia |
| Species: | P. paullinioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Paullinia paullinioides Radlkofer, 1895
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Description
editPaullinia paullinioides is a tropical liana. It has trifoliolate leaves with elliptic to ovate leaflets and fruit with spines 1.2–1.4 cm (1⁄3–2⁄3 in) long.[2]
Distribution
editPaullinia paullinioides is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[2] It has also been observed in Venezuela.[3]
Ecology
editThe species is host to the Muscodor vitigenus fungus that produces nearly pure naphthalene which acts as an insect repellent.[4]
References
edit- ^ Missouri Botanical Garden. "Paullinia paullinioides Radlk". tropicos.org. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ a b Medeiros, Herison; Forzza, Rafaela; Acevedo, Pedro (2016). "Wild Relatives of Guaraná (Paullinia cupana, Sapindaceae) in Southwestern Brazilian Amazon". Systematic Botany. 41: 225. doi:10.1600/036364416X690606. S2CID 87928483. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ Hokche, O.; Berry, P. E.; Huber, O. (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela. Caracas: Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- ^ Daisy, B.H.; Strobel, G.A.; Castillo, U. (2002). "Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus". Microbiology. 148 (11): 3737–3741. doi:10.1099/00221287-148-11-3737. PMID 12427963. Retrieved 18 November 2017.