Dolichandra

Doxantha unguis-cati

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Bignonieae
Genus: Dolichandra
Species: D. chodatii – D. cynanchoides – D. dentata – D. quadrivalvis – D. steyermarkii – D. uncata – D. unguiculata – D. unguis-cati

Name

Dolichandra Cham., Linnaea 7: 657. (1832)

• Type species: D. cynanchoides Cham.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Batocydia Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 9: 143. (1845) nom. superfl.
  • Macfadyena A.DC. in DC., Prodr. 9: 179. (1845)
  • Parabignonia Bureau ex K.Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4, Abt. 3b: 229. (1894)
  • Paradolichandra Hassl., Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2, 7: 718. (1907)
  • Microbignonia Kraenzl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 380. (1915)
  • Batocydia Mart. ex Britton & P.Wils., Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 6: 194. 14. (1925)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Bahamas, ber Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Chamisso, L.K.A. von 1832. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 7(5): 657

Links

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Oct 01 [1].
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Dolichandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Dolichandra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Dolichandra. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 27 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Dolichandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2019.

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