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Adenocalymma

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Adenocalymma
Adenocalymma comosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Adenocalymma
Mart. 1840
Species

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Adenocalymma is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae. This New World genus of lianas contains approximately 50 species.

Adenocalymma 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

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. PMC 4242311. PMID 15037447.