Xylophragma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Xylophragma
Sprague[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
List
    • Heterocalycium Rauschert
    • Orthotheca Pichon
    • Rojasiophyton Hassl.

Xylophragma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to dry forests of Mexico, Central America, Trinidad and northern South America.[2] They are lianas or scandent shrubs.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Xylophragma harleyi (A.H.Gentry ex M.M.Silva & L.P.Queiroz) L.G.Lohmann
  • Xylophragma heterocalyx (Bureau & K.Schum.) A.H.Gentry
  • Xylophragma myrianthum (Cham.) Sprague
  • Xylophragma platyphyllum (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
  • Xylophragma pratense (Bureau & K.Schum.) Sprague
  • Xylophragma seemannianum (Kuntze) Sandwith
  • Xylophragma tenue Kaehler
  • Xylophragma unifoliolatum J.F.Morales & Q.Jiménez

References

  1. ↑ Hooker's Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2770 (1903)
  2. 1 2 3 "Xylophragma Sprague". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Kaehler, Miriam; Lohmann, Lúcia G. (2020). "Taxonomic Revision of Xylophragma (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)". Systematic Botany. 45 (3): 620–637. doi:10.1600/036364420X15935295449899. S2CID 221157589.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.