Bignoniaceae
Dolichandra

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

First published in O.Hokche, P.E.Berry & O.Huber (eds.), Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela: 273 (2008)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bermuda, Comoros, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Queensland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lohmann, L.G. & Taylor, C.M. (2014). A new generic classifiaction of tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99: 348-489.
  • Lohmann, L.G. (2006). Manuscript on a new generic classification of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data and morphological synapomorphies.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew's Economic Botany collection in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. (2005). Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 51: 1-483.
  • Arbo, M.M. (1999). Bignoniaceae. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 74: 361-374. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Da Silva, M.M. & De Queiroz, L.P. (2003). A família Bignoniaceae na região de Catolés, Chapada Diamantia, Bahia, Brasil. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 3: 3-21.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1977). Bignoniaceae. Flora of Ecuador 7: 1-172. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm.
  • Gonzalez, F., Nelson Diaz, J. & Lowry, P. (1995). Flora Illustrada de San Andrés y Providencia: 1-281. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Colombia.
  • MacKee, H.S. (1994). Catalogue des plantes introduites et cultivées en Nouvelle-Calédonie, ed. 2: 1-164. Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 25, 2009 Mexico K000449788 No
Mar 25, 2009 K000449787 No
Mar 25, 2009 Guatemala K000449789 No
Mar 25, 2009 Paraguay K000449793 No
Jurgensen, C. [578] Mexico K000449788 Type Yes
Nee, M. [56970] Argentina K001574093 Yes
Fernández, M.; et al. [MFL_3613] Colombia K001574898 Yes
Bernoulli; Cario [2057] Guatemala K000449789 Unknown Type Material Yes
Balansa, B. [506] Paraguay K000449793 Type Yes
Peck, M.E. [919] K000449787 Type Yes
Oct 1, 2009 Mwangoka, M.A.; Hall, J. [4685] Tanzania Macfadyena unguis-cati K000191329 Yes
Sep 26, 1996 Assis, M.A. [855] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991284 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Prance, G.T.; Silva, N.T. [59358] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991235 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Mori, S.A.; Santos, T.S. [11524] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991285 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H.; Gentry, A. [3021] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991265 Yes
Sep 4, 1964 Klein [4563] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991222 Yes
Macedo, A. [1281] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991281 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III.41] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991273 Yes
Reitz; Klein [14371] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991234 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991240 Yes
Reitz; Klein [7360] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991225 Yes
Macedo, A. [1281] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991279 Yes
Burchell [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991259 Yes
Mello, J.C. [20] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991290 Yes
Macedo, A. [1991] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991275 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [973] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991242 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W.; Silva, E.S.; Santos, A.; Coelho, D.; Lima, J. [5832] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991283 Yes
Dusén, P. [13391] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991241 Yes
Burchell [5391] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991262 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10806] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991287 Yes
Tweedie [496] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991238 Yes
Reitz; Klein [16211] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991231 Yes
Mello, J.C. [20] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991293 Yes
Klein [3222] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991230 Yes
Macedo, A. [1281] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991280 Yes
Huber, J. [535] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991252 Yes
Fox [9] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991220 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [8344] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991247 Yes
Milne [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991267 Yes
Coelho, F.C. [20] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991289 Yes
Burchell [7427] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991256 Yes
Macedo, A. [281] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991278 Yes
Camargo, P.N.; Marinis, G. [44] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991296 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [4438] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991236 Yes
Burchell [8727] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991258 Yes
Huber, J. [535] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991251 Yes
Reitz; Klein [7403] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991224 Yes
Ule, E. [7967] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991254 Yes
Reitz; Klein [13657] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991232 Yes
s.coll. [495] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991239 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [8783/930] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991282 Yes
Glaziou, A. [13474] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991270 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Maxwell, H.; Wasshausen, D.C. [19174] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991264 Yes
Collenette, C.L. [171] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991250 Yes
Black, G.A.; Cordeiro, E. [52-15086] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991253 Yes
J.Weir [6] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991272 Yes
Macedo, A. [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991276 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991263 Yes
Glaziou [4694] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991269 Yes
Ganev, W. [1378] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991295 Yes
Sellow [1840] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991255 Yes
Saint-Hilaire, A. [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991277 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [6389] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991243 Yes
Reitz; Klein [13530] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991227 Yes
Reitz; Klein [13590] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991233 Yes
Sucre, D. [3506] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991266 Yes
Fox [294] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991271 Yes
Collenette, C.L. [171] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991248 Yes
Gottsberger, I.; Gottsberger, G. [nov/90] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991291 Yes
Robert, A. [817] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991249 Yes
Schessl, M. [2724] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991292 Yes
Smith, L.B.; Rietz, R.; Klein, R. [7633] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991223 Yes
Mexia, Y. [5132] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991274 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [4499] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991286 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [4438] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991237 Yes
Glaziou [4694] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991268 Yes
Reitz; Klein [16211] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991226 Yes
Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [10806] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991288 Yes
Mattos, A. [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991245 Yes
Klein; Bresolin [7616] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991228 Yes
Mattos, A. [s.n.] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991244 Yes
Mello, J.C. [20] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991294 Yes
Burchell [1300] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991260 Yes
Henz [29645] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991221 Yes
Froes, R. [11730] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991261 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [7218] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991246 Yes
Reitz; Klein [13825] Brazil Macfadyena unguis-cati K000991229 Yes
Chase, M.W. [5517] Macfadyena unguis-cati K000696069 No

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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