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.[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus (as Bignonia crucigera) in 1753.[2] The synonym Pithecoctenium crucigerum has often been used.[1]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Amphilophium crucigerum |
 |
|
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Lamiales |
| Family: |
Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: |
Amphilophium |
| Species: |
A. crucigerum |
| Binomial name |
Amphilophium crucigerum
|
|
| Synonyms[1] |
- Anisostichus crucigera (L.) Small
- Bignonia botryoides Cham.
- Bignonia catharinae DC.
- Bignonia crucigera L.
- Bignonia echinata Aubl.
- Bignonia echinata Jacq.
- Bignonia hexagona DC.
- Bignonia lundii DC.
- Bignonia muricata DC.
- Bignonia phaseoloides Cham.
- Bignonia squalus Vell.
- Bignonia tiliifolia Kunth
- Bignonia vitalba Cham.
- Neves-armondia cordifolia (Mart.) K.Schum.
- Petastoma phaseoloides (Cham.) Miers
- Pithecoctenium aubletii Splitg.
- Pithecoctenium botryoides (Cham.) DC.
- Pithecoctenium catharinae DC.
- Pithecoctenium cordifolium Mart.
- Pithecoctenium crucigerum (L.) A.H.Gentry
- Pithecoctenium echinatum (Jacq.) Baill.
- Pithecoctenium glaucum Rusby
- Pithecoctenium hexagonum DC.
- Pithecoctenium lundii DC.
- Pithecoctenium muricatum Moc. ex DC.
- Pithecoctenium phaseoloides (Cham.) Schenck
- Pithecoctenium squalus (Vell.) DC.
- Pithecoctenium tribrachiatum Loes.
- Pithecoctenium vitalba (Cham.) DC.
|
Close
The species has become an invasive weed in Australia.[3] Chemical investigation of methanol extracted from this species yielded the iridoid glycoside theviridoside along with five phenylethanoid glycosides (verbascoside, isoverbascoside, forsythoside B, jionoside D and leucosceptoside B), these last all active against DPPH.[4]
.jpg)