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Mendoncia
Mendoncia hoffmannseggiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Thunbergioideae
Genus:	Mendoncia Vell. ex Vand.
Species
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Mendoncia is a genus of climbing plants in the family Acanthaceae.

It is native to southeastern South America, Africa, and Madagascar. In South America, some of its species are endemic to Brazil in the Atlantic Forest and/or Cerrado ecoregions; in Africa the largest number of species is found in Cameroon and Gabon.

Species

Species include:

• Mendoncia coccinea Vell.
• Mendoncia combretoides (A. Chev. ex Hutchinson & Dalziel) Benoist
• Mendoncia floribunda
• Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg) Benoist
• Mendocia lindavii Britton
• Mendoncia mollis
• Mendoncia puberula
• Mendoncia velloziana Nees

References

1. "Mendoncia combretoides (A. Chev. ex Hutchinson & Dalziel) Benoist". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. "Mendoncia lindaviana (Gilg) Benoist". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
3. "Mendoncia lindavii Britton". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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