Mendoncia puberula

Mendoncia puberula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Mendoncia
Species:
M. puberula
Binomial name
Mendoncia puberula
Mart. (1829)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mendoncia albida Vell. (1829)
  • Mendoncia puberula var. macropus Mart. (1829)
  • Mendoncia puberula var. micropus Mart. (1829)
  • Mendoncia pubescens Poepp. (1840)
  • Mendoncia schwackeana Lindau (1895)
  • Mendoncia sellowiana Nees (1847)

Mendoncia puberula is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae[1] (or according to some specialists in the family Mendonciaceae). It is a liana native to tropical South America, ranging from Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador through northern, central, and southern Brazil.[1]

It is a climber with opposite, entire ovate leaves somewhat hairy abaxially, which renders the species its epithet.

The fruit is a drupe, resembling a dark grape. The flowers are surrounded by two bracts.

The species' native habitat includes the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado in Brazil.

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