Dolichandra Explained

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.^[1] 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

Notes and References

1. 10.11646/phytotaxa.301.1.1 . Taxonomic Revision of Dolichandra (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)
   . 2017 . Fonseca . Luiz Henrique M. . Cabral . Simone Miranda . Agra . Maria DE Fatima . Lohmann . Lúcia G. . Phytotaxa . 301 . 1 .
2. Web site: Dolichandra Cham. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 6 September 2020 .