Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Amphilophium buccinatorium (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
Synonymy:
  • Pithecoctenium buccinatorium DC.
  • Phaedranthus buccinatorius (DC.) Miers
  • Distictis buccinatoria (DC.) A.H.Gentry
 Description

Vigorous liane, with ± angular shoots. Tendrils filiform. Petioles to c. 4 cm long, hairy; petiolules < or > petiole, hairy. Lamina 4–8–(10) × 3–5–(6) cm, ovate-oblong, minutely scaly, densely so beneath when young, hairy on midrib or nearly glabrous beneath, coriaceous, shining above; base subcordate or, less commonly, truncate; apex obtuse or apiculate. Fls in terminal racemes; peduncles and pedicels hairy or tomentose. Calyx 1.2–1.7 cm long, 5-toothed, tomentose; margin reddish. Corolla 9–11 cm long, tubular-funnelform, tomentose, reddish orange outside at first, becoming rose, ± orange within; narrow basal part c. 2.5 cm long; lobes 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 cm, usually emarginate, becoming deep rose or rosy crimson, tomentose outside. Stamens included; filaments hairy towards base. Style 7–8 cm long. Capsule not formed.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Distictis buccinatoria (DC.) A.H.Gentry]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Feb.

 Bibliography
Lohmann, L.G.; Taylor, C.M. 2014: A new generic classification of tribe Bignoniaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99(3): 348–489.