Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H. Gentry

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Lianas, glabras o pubérulas. Crecen adheridas a los árboles por medio de zarcillos. Pseudoestípulas de 2 a 3 mm.

Hojas bifolioladas. Folíolos ovados o lanceolados, de 3 a 14 por 0.9 a 4.8 cm., acuminados, agudos u obtusos en el ápice, obtusos o cuneados en la base, glabros o puberulentos a lo largo de los nervios. Zarcillo trífido, uncinado. Pecíolos de 0.8 a 3.5 cm., glabros o apenas pubérulos. Inflorescencia en panícula reducida, axilar. Cáliz cupular. Margen algo sinuoso, de 0.7 a 1.6 cm., glabro, membranáceo. Corola amarilla, tubular - infundibuliforme, de 4 a 6.5 cm., glabra o glabrada. Lóbulos de 1 a 2.4 cm. Cápsula linear, comprimida y algo leñosa, de 20 a 45 cm. por 0.9 a 1.7 cm., negra al secarse, aguda en los extremos, con el nervio medio apenas elevado o inconspícuo. Se reconoce por su cáliz truncado, sin apículo; no crece en sitios pantanosos.
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De bosques secos a bosques húmedos.

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Worldwide distribution:

Native to Central and South America; a cultivated plant or naturalised weed in other countries.

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Rights holder/AuthorMark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe
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Frequency:

Locally common

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Description:

Climber, sometimes ascending to great heights in trees, sometimes creeping along the ground. Roots tuberous. Leaves 2-foliolate; leaflets ovate to lanceolate. Tendrils 3-fid, curving like cat's claws. Flowers spectacular, but usually short-lived. Corolla yellow, 5-7 cm across the lobes. Fruit up to 40 cm. Seeds 3-4 × 1 cm, winged.

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Flower/Fruit:

Fl. Per.: April and later in August.

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National Distribution:
United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Barcode data: Macfadyena unguis-cati:

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


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Rights holder/AuthorSujeevan Ratnasingham, Paul D.N. Hebert, Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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Distribución: En bosques húmedos de elevaciones medias y bajas, desde la costa hasta la Cordillera Central. También en Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola y Virgen Gorda; a través de las Antillas y América tropical y subtropical.

Bosques Públicos: Cambalache, Ceiba, Desecheo, El Yunque, Guánica, Maricao, Mona, Río Abajo, Susúa, Toro Negro y Vega.

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Rights holder/AuthorDepartment of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Botany
Sourcehttp://botany.si.edu/Antilles/PRFlora/vinesEspanol.html

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Macfadyena unguis-cati:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 19
Species With Barcodes: 1

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