Adenocalymna
| Adenocalymna | |
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| Adenocalymma comosum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Adenocalymna Mart. 1840 |
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Adenocalymna is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae. This New World genus of lianas contains approximately 50 species.
Adenocalymna 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
- Adenocalymna alliaceum
- Adenocalymna apparicianum
- Adenocalymna apurense
- Adenocalymna arthropetiolatum
- Adenocalymna bracteatum
- Adenocalymna calycina
- Adenocalymna comosum
- Adenocalymna coriaceum
- Adenocalymna cosmosa
- Adenocalymna densiflora
- Adenocalymna dichilum
- Adenocalymna divaricatum
- Adenocalymna hatschbachii
- Adenocalymna impressum
- Adenocalymna inundatum
- Adenocalymna itayana
- Adenocalymna magdalenense
- Adenocalymna marginatum
- Adenocalymna mexiae
- Adenocalymna obovatum
- Adenocalymna obtusifolia
- Adenocalymna ocositense
- Adenocalymna paulistarum
- Adenocalymna prancei
- Adenocalymna purpurascens
- Adenocalymna saulense
- Adenocalymna scansile
- Adenocalymna sousae
- Adenocalymna subincanum
- Adenocalymna ternatum
- Adenocalymna uleanum
References
- 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. PMID 15037447.
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