Apocynaceae
Mesechites

Mesechites mansoanus (A.DC.) Woodson

First published in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 20: 636 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Paraguay to Central Brazil. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Morales, J.F. (2006). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXVI: ina monografia del género Mesechites (Apocynoideae, Mesechiteae). Candollea 61: 215-277.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Morales, J.F. (2006). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXVI: ina monografia del género Mesechites (Apocynoideae, Mesechiteae). Candollea 61: 215-277.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2007 Sasaki, D.; Henicka, G.S.; André, T.J.C.; Piva, J.H. [1508] Brazil K000447753 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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