Adenocalymma

Adenocalymma
	Adenocalymma comosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Bignonieae
Genus:	Adenocalymma; Mart. 1840
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Odontotecoma Gardnerodoxa ; Sandwith Miers ; Bureau & K.Schum. Pharseophora ; Neojobertia Miers ; Memora Baill. ;

Adenocalymma is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae. This New World genus of lianas contains approximately 93 accepted Species.^[1]

Its native range stretches from Mexico down to Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.^[1]

Adenocalymma species are used as food plants by the larva of the hepialid moth Trichophassus giganteus. The plants are pollinated by a variety of animals including insects, birds and bats.

Selected species

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Adenocalymma Mart. ex Meisn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
^ Isabel Christina Machado & Stefan Vogel (2004). "The North-east-Brazilian Liana, Adenocalymna dichilum (Bignoniaceae) Pollinated by Bats". Annals of Botany. 93 (5): 609–613. doi:10.1093/aob/mch069. PMC 4242311. PMID 15037447.

External links

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[POWO-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Adenocalymma Mart. ex Meisn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[2] Isabel Christina Machado & Stefan Vogel (2004). "The North-east-Brazilian Liana, Adenocalymna dichilum (Bignoniaceae) Pollinated by Bats". Annals of Botany. 93 (5): 609–613. doi:10.1093/aob/mch069. PMC 4242311. PMID 15037447.

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