Catclawvine (Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann)
Also classified as Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A.H. Gentry.
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↑Range - Expand
Legend | Color |
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Expanded or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is native to Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean. We mark the US populations expanded because they are close-to-contiguous with the native range, separated by only short distances not much longer than exist in this species' native range; also the distance from Florida to the native range in Cuba and The Bahamas is not much longer than the distances between many of the islands in its native range. We have yet to build the portion of its map in Mexico.
↑Links & External Resources
• Macfadyena unguis-cati (catclawvine) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Macfadyena unguis-cati | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Macfadyena unguis-cati | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)