Mandirola

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Gesneriaceae
Subfamilia: Gesnerioideae
Tribus: Gesnerieae
Subtribus: Gloxiniinae
Genus: Mandirola
Species: M. ichthyostoma – M. multiflora – M. rupestris
Name

Mandirola Decne., (1848)

Type species: M. multiflora (Gardn.) Decne., 1848

Synonyms

Homotypic
Achimenes sect. Mandirola (Decne.) Benth., Gen. Pl 2: 999. 1876.
Achimenes subg. Mandirola (Decne.) Hanst., Linnaea 34: 434. 1865.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental Southern America
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Decaisne, J. 1848. Houttea pardina Dne. (fig. 24). Revue Horticole, série 3, 2: 461–469, t. 24. BHL Reference page. : 3 2: 468.

Additional references

Clark J.L., Skog L.E., Boggan J.K. & Ginzbarg, S. 2020. Index to names of New World members of the Gesneriaceae (subfamilies Sanangoideae and Gesnerioideae). Rheedea: Official Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy 30(1): 190-256. DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2020.30.01.14 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Mandirola in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Aug. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Mandirola. Published online. Accessed: Aug, 2 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Mandirola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Aug. 2020.

Vernacular names

Mandirola is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[1]

It is native to Bolivia and Brazil.[1]

The genus name of Mandirola is in honour of Agostino Mandirola (d. 1661), Italian clergyman, naturalist and botanist with a focus on medicinal plants and citrus.[2] It was first described and published in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér.3, Vol.2 on page 468 in 1848.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Mandirola hirsuta (DC.) A.O.Araujo & Chautems
Mandirola ichthyostoma (Gardner) Seem. ex Hanst.
Mandirola rupestris (Gardner) Roalson & Boggan

References

"Mandirola Decne. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.