| Mendoncia | |
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| 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 [1] | |
See text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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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. [1] 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.
