title: Gaudichaudia (plant)
text: # Gaudichaudia (plant)
  
  Gaudichaudia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malpighiaceae.
  
  The type species is Gaudichaudia cynanchoides Kunth.
  
  It is found as a native in the countries of Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
  
  The genus name of Gaudichaudia is in honour of Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789–1854), a French botanist. It was first described and published in (F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth edited), Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.5 on page 156 in 1822.
  
  ## Description
  
  Mostly scandent (vine-like) or trailing shrubs, with opposite leaves which are entire (have a smooth edge) and are petiolate (have a leaf stalk). The calyx (sepals of a flower) has 8 or 10 glands. The petals are yellow and dentate (edges are teethed) and the fruit (or seed capsule) has 3 samaras (A dry, indehiscent fruit with its wall expanded into a wing).
  
  ## Known species
  
  According to Kew;
  
  * Gaudichaudia albida Schltdl. & Cham.
  * Gaudichaudia andersonii S.L.Jessup
  * Gaudichaudia chasei W.R.Anderson
  * Gaudichaudia congestiflora A.Juss.
  * Gaudichaudia cycloptera (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) W.R.Anderson
  * Gaudichaudia cynanchoides Kunth
  * Gaudichaudia diandra (Nied.) Chodat
  * Gaudichaudia galeottiana (Nied.) Chodat
  * Gaudichaudia hexandra (Nied.) Chodat
  * Gaudichaudia implexa S.L.Jessup
  * Gaudichaudia intermixteca S.L.Jessup
  * Gaudichaudia karwinskiana A.Juss.
  * Gaudichaudia krusei W.R.Anderson
  * Gaudichaudia mcvaughii W.R.Anderson
  * Gaudichaudia mollis Benth.
  * Gaudichaudia palmeri S.Watson
  * Gaudichaudia subverticillata Rose
  * Gaudichaudia symplecta S.L.Jessup
  * Gaudichaudia synoptera S.L.Jessup
  * Gaudichaudia zygoptera S.L.Jessup
  