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
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Bignonieae
Genus:	Amphilophium Kunth
Species[1]
See text
Synonyms[2]
List 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.

Taxonomy

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

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

• Amphilophium arenarium (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium aschersonii Ule
• Amphilophium ayaricum J.R.Grande
• 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 campinae (A.Samp.) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium carolinae (Lindl.) 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 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 laeve (Sandwith) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium laxiflorum (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium lohmanniae (A.Pool) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium magnoliifolium (Kunth) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium mansoanum (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
• Amphilophium monophyllum (Sandwith) 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 racemosum (Bureau & K.Schum.) 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
• Amphilophium vauthieri DC.