Amphilophium

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]

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]
  • 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
  • Sererea Raf.
  • Urbanolophium Melch.
  • Wunschmannia Urb.

Taxonomy

The genus Amphilophium was erected by Kunth in 1818, the type species being Amphilophium paniculatum, transferred from Bignonia.[5] Many other genera have since been synonymized with Amphilophium.[6]

Species
  • Amphilophium arenarium (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium aschersonii Ule
  • Amphilophium bauhinioides (Bureau ex Baill.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium blanchetii (DC.) Bureau & K.Schum.
  • Amphilophium bracteatum (Cham.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium buccinatorium (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium chocoense (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium cremersii (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium crucigerum (L.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium cuneifolium (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium cynanchoides (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium dasytrichum (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium dolichoides (Cham.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium dusenianum (Kraenzl.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium ecuadorense A.H.Gentry
  • Amphilophium elongatum (Vahl) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium falcatum (Vell.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium frutescens (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium glaziovii Bureau ex K.Schum.
  • Amphilophium gnaphalanthum (A.Rich.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium granulosum (Klotzsch) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium lactiflorum (Vahl) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium laevis (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium laxiflorum (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium magnoliifolium (Kunth) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium mansoanum (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium nunezii (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium obovatum (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium occidentale (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium paniculatum (L.) Kunth
  • Amphilophium pannosum (DC.) Bureau & K.Schum.
  • Amphilophium parkeri (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium pauciflorum (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium perbracteatum A.H.Gentry
  • Amphilophium pilosum Standl.
  • Amphilophium porphyrotrichum (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium pulverulentum (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium reticulatum (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium rodriguesii (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium sandwithii Fabris
  • Amphilophium scabriusculum (Mart. ex DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium stamineum (Lam.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Amphilophium steyermarkii (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann

References
  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved September 17, 2016
  2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  3. Flora of Zimbabwe, retrieved 18 September 2016
  4. "Monkey-comb, PITHECOCTENIUM CRUCIGERUM".
  5. "Amphilophium Kunth". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  6. "Amphilophium Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-03-20.


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