Adenocalymma

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Adenocalymma comosum var. nitidum 002.jpg

|image_caption = Adenocalymma comosum

|taxon = Adenocalymma

|authority = Mart. 1840

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=30000239-2 |title=Adenocalymma Mart. ex Meisn. |access-date=3 November 2021}}

|synonyms = {{species list

|Gardnerodoxa |Sandwith

|Memora |Miers

|Neojobertia |Baill.

|Odontotecoma |Bureau & K.Schum.

|Pharseophora |Miers }}

}}

Adenocalymma is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae. This New World genus of lianas contains approximately 93 accepted Species.

Its native range stretches from Mexico down to Tropical America. It is found in the countries of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela and the Windward Islands.

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

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