Lundia (plant) explained

Lundia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Mexico to southern Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago and Venezuela.

The genus name of Lundia is in honour of Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), a Danish palaeontologist, zoologist and archaeologist.^[2] It was first described and published in Biblioth. Universelle Genève, n.s., Vol.17 on page 127 in 1838.

Known species

According to Kew;

• Lundia cordata
• Lundia corymbifera
• Lundia damazioi
• Lundia densiflora
• Lundia erionema
• Lundia gardneri
• Lundia glazioviana
• Lundia helicocalyx
• Lundia laevis
• Lundia nitidula
• Lundia obliqua
• Lundia puberula
• Lundia spruceana
• Lundia virginalis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lundia DC. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.