Xylophragma Explained

Xylophragma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to dry forests of Mexico, Central America, Trinidad and northern South America. They are lianas or scandent shrubs.^[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:^[2]

• Xylophragma harleyi (A.H.Gentry ex M.M.Silva & L.P.Queiroz) L.G.Lohmann
• Xylophragma heterocalyx (Bureau & K.Schum.) A.H.Gentry
• Xylophragma myrianthum (Cham.) Sprague
• Xylophragma platyphyllum (DC.) L.G.Lohmann
• Xylophragma pratense (Bureau & K.Schum.) Sprague
• Xylophragma seemannianum (Kuntze) Sandwith
• Xylophragma tenue Kaehler
• Xylophragma unifoliolatum J.F.Morales & Q.Jiménez

Notes and References

1. Taxonomic Revision of Xylophragma (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) . 2020 . Kaehler . Miriam . Lohmann . Lúcia G. . Systematic Botany . 45 . 3 . 620–637 . 10.1600/036364420X15935295449899 . 221157589 .
2. Web site: Xylophragma Sprague . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 23 September 2020 .