Dolichandra

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Dolichandra
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Dolichandra unguis-cati
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Dolichandra
Cham. [1]
Species

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Synonyms [2]
List
    • BatocydiaMart. ex Britton & P.Wilson
    • BatocydiaMart. ex DC.
    • DoxanthaMiers
    • EdouardiaCorr.Méllo ex Stellfeld
    • MacfadyenaA.DC.
    • MelloaBureau
    • MicrobignoniaKraenzl.
    • ParabignoniaBureau ex K.Schum.
    • ParadolichandraHassl.

Dolichandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Latin America and the Caribbean. [2] They are climbing lianas with trifid and uncate tendrils. [3] The best-known species is Dolichandra unguis-cati .

Species

Currently accepted species include: [2]

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References

  1. Linnaea 7: 657 (1832)
  2. 1 2 3 "Dolichandra Cham". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. Fonseca, Luiz Henrique M.; Cabral, Simone Miranda; Agra, Maria DE Fatima; Lohmann, Lúcia G. (2017). "
    Taxonomic Revision of Dolichandra (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)
    ". Phytotaxa. 301: 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.301.1.1.