Biology:Dolichandra

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Short description: Genus of Bignoniaceae plants

Dolichandra
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Dolichandra unguis-cati
Scientific classification e
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]

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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dolichandra Cham.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4063-1. 
  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.
     

Wikidata ☰ Q8561475 entry