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Amphilophium

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Amphilophium
Amphilophium scabriusculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
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  • Anomoctenium Pichon
  • Bothriopodium Rizzini
  • Distictella Kuntze in T.E.von Post & C.E.O.Kuntze
  • Distictis Bureau
  • Distictis Mart. ex Meisn.
  • Endoloma Raf.
  • Glaziova Bureau
  • Haplolophium Cham.
  • Leiogyne K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.)
  • Macrodiscus Bureau
  • Neves-armondia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl
  • Phaedranthus Miers
  • Pithecoctenium Mart. ex DC. in C.F.W.Meissner
  • Urbanolophium Melch.
  • Wunschmannia Urb.

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]

Taxonomy

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved April 12, 2024
  2. ^ a b c "Amphilophium Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  3. ^ a b 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.