''Amphilophium'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the family Bignoniaceae, native to South America. ''

Amphilophium crucigerum ''Amphilophium crucigerum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae, native from Mexico through Central America into South America as far south as Argentina. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus (as ''Bignonia crucigera'') ...

'' (syn. ''Pithecoctenium crucigerum'') has escaped from cultivation elsewhere, and has become an invasive weed in Australia.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Amphilophium'' was erected by Kunth in 1818, the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

being '' Amphilophium paniculatum'', transferred from ''

Bignonia ''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...

''. Many other genera have since been synonymized with ''Amphilophium''.

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

'' (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann *'' Amphilophium cremersii'' (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann *''

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

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

'' (Mart. ex DC.) L.G.Lohmann *'' Amphilophium stamineum'' (Lam.) L.G.Lohmann *'' Amphilophium steyermarkii'' (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann

References

Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae genera {{Bignoniaceae-stub