Mendoncia combretoides (A.Chev.) Benoist

Breteler, F. J. & Wieringa, J. J., 2018, A synopsis of Mendoncia (Acanthaceae) in continental Africa including the description of two new species from western Central Africa and a new subspecies from West Africa, Blumea 63 (2), pp. 109-119 : 113

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2018.63.02.03
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C38781-EC6B-7F65-FFD1-FD20FE44859C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Mendoncia combretoides (A.Chev.) Benoist
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2. Mendoncia combretoides (A.Chev.) Benoist View in CoL — Map 2 View Map 2

Mendoncia combretoides (A.Chev.) Benoist (1944) View in CoL 143; Heine (1963) 403; Hawthorn & Jongkind (2006) 442. — Thunbergia combretoides A.Chev. (1920) View in CoL 490. — Type: Chevalier 19745 (lecto P, P00435313, designated by Magnaghi & Daniel 2017; isolecto P 2 sheets), Côte d’Ivoire, bassin du Cavally, pays des Tépos, village de Grabo, 4 Aug. 1907.

Distribution — Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana.

Conservation status — The EOO (252 749 km 2) indicates Least Concern, the AOO (160 km 2) Endangered. With at least 15 subpopulations, of which some in protected areas or with recent collections, we assess this species as Least Concern, but with the continuation of habit loss in West Africa it might have to be moved to Vulnerable.

Note — Magnaghi & Daniel (2017) did not record this species for Sierra Leone, our record is based on Jaeger 7539 (P) which is indeed not cited by them.