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

Common names:

• cat's-claw   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• cat's-claw creeper   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• catclaw-creeper   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• catclaw-trumpet   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• funnel-creeper   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• macfadyena   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• katteklouranker   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Materials: carved material   (fide B. de Bertoni, pers. comm. (via email on 28 Apr 2008))
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Martinique; Montserrat; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.]; Paraguay

• naturalized in s. Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, s.e. United States, Cape Verde Is., Mascarenes, & Hawaii

References:

• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2)
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz. (F Veracruz)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967–. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale). (F Afr Centr)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. (F PR)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
• Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Published in Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981 (L Belize)
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Flora del Avila. (F Avila)
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Macfadyena unguis-cati.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Macfadyena unguis-cati. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Bignonia tweedieana Lindl.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Bignonia unguis-cati L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Doxantha unguis-cati (L.) Miers
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) A. H. Gentry:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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