Eccremocarpus
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|synonyms = Calampelis D.Don
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Eccremocarpus is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to western South America in Chile, western Argentina, and Peru. The species are evergreen semi-woody vines growing to 1–7 m tall.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4087 |title=Germplasm Resources Information Network: Eccremocarpus |access-date=2006-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605042633/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4087 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead }}[http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/FloraData/060/PDF/V05/Volume5-Eccremocarpus.pdf Flora of Chile: Eccremocarpus][http://www.chilebosque.cl/epiv/ecscab.html Chilebosque: Eccremocarpus scaber]Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary. Macmillan.{{cite book | author=Pink, A. | url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11892|title=Gardening for the Million| year=2004 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}
It is also in Tribe Tourrettieae.{{cite journal |last1=Gentry |first1=Alwyn H. |title=Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae) |journal=Flora Neotropica |date=19 September 1980 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=1–130}}
Selected species
- Eccremocarpus longiflorus Humb. & Bonpl. Peru.
- Eccremocarpus scaber Ruiz & Pav. (Chilean glory flower[https://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/279.shtml 'Chilean Glory Flower'], BBC Plant Finder) Chile, western Argentina.
- Eccremocarpus vargasianus Sandwith. Peru.
Cultivation and uses
Eccremocarpus scaber is grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive tubular flowers. In cool temperate regions it is not winter hardy, and is often grown as an annual plant.
References
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Category:Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
Category:Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López
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