Mendoncia puberula

Mendoncia puberula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Genus:	Mendoncia
Species:	M. puberula
Binomial name
	Mendoncia puberula; Mart. (1829)
Synonyms
	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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mendoncia puberula Mart. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

(in Portuguese) CONAMA (1999) Resolução CONAMA Nº 261, de 30 de junho de 1999

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[powo-1] Mendoncia puberula Mart. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

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