Adenocalymna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Bignoniaceae |
Genus: | Adenocalymna Mart. 1840 |
species include | |
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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.
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. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/93/5/609.