Mangonia

Mangonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Genus: Mangonia
Schott 1857
Synonyms[1]

Mangonia is a genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. The genus contains only two known species native to southern Brazil and Uruguay.[1][2][3][4]

  1. Mangonia tweedieana Schott. - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay
  2. Mangonia uruguaya (Hicken) Bogner - Cerro Largo in Uruguay

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  4. Bown, Demi (2000). Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family. Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-485-7.


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