Biology:Mansoa (plant)

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Short description: Genus of vines

Mansoa
Mansoa hymenaea, flower of the Garlic Vine. (9268783629).jpg
Mansoa hymenaea, in Nicaragua
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Mansoa
DC.[1]
Selected species
Synonyms

Bayonia Dugand
Chodanthus Hassl
Daniella Corr. Méllo
Hanburyophyton Bureau
Onohaulcoa Lundell
Onohualcoa Lundell
Pachyptera DC. ex Meisn.
Pseudocalymma A. Samp. & Kuhlm.

Mansoa is a genus of tropical, flowering vines in the family Bignoniaceae.[2]

Its native range is Mexico to Tropical America, and it is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela and Windward Is.

The genus name of Mansoa is in honour of Antônio Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso (1788–1848), a Brazilian botanist, physician, and politician.[3] It was first described and published in Biblioth. Universelle Genève, sér.2, Vol.17 on page 128 in 1838.[2]

Known species

According to Kew;

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q6061526 entry