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Species of plant

Hancornia
Hancornia speciosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Willughbeieae
Subtribe: Lacmelleinae
Genus: Hancornia
Gomes [pt]
Species: H. speciosa
Binomial name
Hancornia speciosa
Gomes [pt]
Synonyms
  • Echites glaucus Roem. & Schult.
  • Hancornia pubescens Nees & Mart.
  • Willughbeia pubescens (Nees & Mart.) Mart.
  • Hancornia gardneri (A.DC.) Miers

Hancornia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1812. It is native to South America (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay). It contains only one known species, Hancornia speciosa, commonly called mangabeira, which produces fruits known as mangabas.

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Walderley, M.G.L., Shepherd, G.J., Melhem, T.S. & Giulietti, A.M. (eds.) (2005). Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo 4: 1-392. Instituto de Botânica, São Paulo.
  3. Oliveira-Filho, A.T. (2006). Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais: 1-423. Editora UFLA, Lavas, Brasil.
  4. Morokawa, R. & al. (2013). Apocynaceae s. str. do Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 64: 179-199.

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Taxon identifiers
Hancornia
Hancornia speciosa


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