''Mendoncia'' is a genus of
climbing plants
A vine (Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themselve ...
in the family
Acanthaceae.
It is native to southeastern South America, Africa, and Madagascar. In South America, some of its species are
endemic
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to
Brazil
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in the
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
and/or
Cerrado ecoregions; in Africa the largest number of species is found in Cameroon and Gabon.
Species
Species include:
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Mendoncia coccinea''
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Mendoncia combretoides''
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Mendoncia floribunda''
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Mendoncia lindaviana''
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Mendocia lindavii''
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Mendoncia mollis''
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Mendoncia puberula''
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Mendoncia velloziana''
References
Acanthaceae genera
Flora of Brazil
Flora of the Atlantic Forest
Flora of the Cerrado
Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
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