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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Mendoncia velloziana''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mendoncia]]''
| species = '''''M. velloziana'''''
| binomial = ''Mendoncia velloziana''
| binomial_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
}}

'''''Mendoncia velloziana''''' is a [[plant]] native to [[Atlantic Coast restingas]] [[vegetation]] which is an [[ecosystem]] of [[Atlantic Forest]] [[biome]]. In addition, this plant grows  either in [[Cerrado]] vegetation of [[Brazil]]. This plant grows in following states of Brazil: [[Bahia]], [[Ceará]] [[Minas Gerais]] [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[São Paulo]], [[Paraná]] and [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], and it is usually visited by the [[hummingbirds]].