Amphilophium

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Amphilophium
Amphilophium scabriusculum (Mart. ex DC.) A. H. Gentry (6218001264) (2).jpg
Amphilophium scabriusculum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Amphilophium
Kunth
Species [1]

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Synonyms [2]
List
  • AnomocteniumPichon
  • BothriopodiumRizzini
  • DistictellaKuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze
  • DistictisBureau
  • DistictisMart. ex Meisn.
  • EndolomaRaf.
  • GlaziovaBureau
  • HaplolophiumCham.
  • LeiogyneK.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
  • MacrodiscusBureau
  • Neves-armondiaK.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl
  • PhaedranthusMiers
  • PithecocteniumMart. ex DC. in C.F.W.Meissner
  • UrbanolophiumMelch.
  • WunschmanniaUrb.

Amphilophium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to South America. [3] Amphilophium crucigerum (syn. Pithecoctenium crucigerum) has escaped from cultivation elsewhere, [3] and has become an invasive weed in Australia. [4]

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Taxonomy

The genus Amphilophium was erected by Kunth in 1818, the type species being Amphilophium paniculatum , transferred from Bignonia . [2] Many other genera have since been synonymized with Amphilophium. [5]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Amphilophium: [2]

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References

  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species , retrieved April 12, 2024
  2. 1 2 3 "Amphilophium Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  3. 1 2 Flora of Zimbabwe , retrieved 18 September 2016
  4. "Monkey-comb, PITHECOCTENIUM CRUCIGERUM".
  5. "Amphilophium Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-03-20.