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Description

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Climbers or creepers. Leaves 2-foliolate with (in ours) a terminal 3-fid, claw-like tendril. Leaflets entire. Inflorescences axillary, often reduced to 1(-3) flowers. Calyx cup-shaped. Corolla yellow. Capsule linear, elongate, flattened. Seeds winged.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Dolichandra Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1301
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Dolichandra

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Dolichandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Latin America and the Caribbean.^[2] They are climbing lianas with trifid and uncate tendrils.^[3] The best-known species is Dolichandra unguis-cati.

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

Dolichandra chodatii (Hassl.) L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra cynanchoides Cham.
Dolichandra dentata (K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra hispida (DC.) L.H.Fonseca & L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra quadrivalvis (Jacq.) L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra steyermarkii (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra uncata (Andrews) L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra unguiculata (Vell.) L.G.Lohmann
Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

References

^ Linnaea 7: 657 (1832)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dolichandra Cham". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ Fonseca, Luiz Henrique M.; Cabral, Simone Miranda; Agra, Maria DE Fatima; Lohmann, Lúcia G. (2017). "
Taxonomic Revision of Dolichandra (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)

". Phytotaxa. 301: 1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.301.1.1.

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Dolichandra: Brief Summary

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Dolichandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to Latin America and the Caribbean. They are climbing lianas with trifid and uncate tendrils. The best-known species is Dolichandra unguis-cati.

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