Mansoa is a genus of tropical, flowering vines in the family Bignoniaceae.[2]
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| Mansoa hymenaea, in Nicaragua | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Tribe: | Bignonieae |
| Genus: | Mansoa DC.[1] |
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Bayonia Dugand | |
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
editAccording to Kew;
- Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa angustidens (DC.) Bureau & K.Schum.
- Mansoa difficilis (Cham.) Bureau & K.Schum.
- Mansoa gentryi M.M.Silva
- Mansoa glaziovii Bureau & K.Schum.
- Mansoa hirsuta DC.
- Mansoa hymenaea (DC.) A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa ivanii M.M.Silva
- Mansoa lanceolata (DC.) A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa longicalyx M.M.Silva
- Mansoa minensis M.M.Silva
- Mansoa montecillensis (Ant.Molina) C.Nelson
- Mansoa onohualcoides A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa paganuccii M.M.Silva
- Mansoa parvifolia (A.H.Gentry) A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa standleyi (Steyerm.) A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa ventricosa A.H.Gentry
- Mansoa verrucifera (Schltdl.) A.H.Gentry
References
edit- ^ NRCS. "Mansoa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Mansoa DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Further reading
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- Lohmann, Lúcia G. (2006). "Untangling the phylogeny of neotropical lianas (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 93 (2). Botanical Society of America: 304–18. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.2.304. PMID 21646191.