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

See text

Synonyms[2]
List
    • Batocydia Mart. ex Britton & P.Wilson
    • Batocydia Mart. ex DC.
    • Doxantha Miers
    • Edouardia Corr.Méllo ex Stellfeld
    • Macfadyena A.DC.
    • Melloa Bureau
    • Microbignonia Kraenzl.
    • Parabignonia Bureau ex K.Schum.
    • Paradolichandra Hassl.

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]

  • Dolichandra chodatii (Hassl.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra cynanchoides Cham.
  • Dolichandra dentata (K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra hispida (DC.) L.H.Fonseca & L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra quadrivalvis (Jacq.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra steyermarkii (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra uncata (Andrews) L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra unguiculata (Vell.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

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.
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