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Bignoniaceae

Monkey's-comb

Amphilophium crucigerum (L.) L.G.Lohmann

Family
Bignoniaceae
Genus
Amphilophium

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Monkey's-comb: Pithecoctenium crucigerum
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
十字领杯藤
English
Monkey's-comb

Synonyms

  • Anisostichus crucigera (L.) Small
  • Bignonia botryoides Cham.
  • Bignonia catharinae DC.
  • Bignonia crucigera L.
  • Bignonia echinata Jacq.
  • Bignonia echinata Aubl.
  • Bignonia hexagona DC.
  • Bignonia lundii DC.
  • Bignonia muricata DC.
  • Bignonia phaseoloides Cham.
  • Bignonia squalus Vell.
  • Bignonia tiliifolia Kunth
  • Bignonia vitalba Cham.
  • Bignonia vitalba var. aequinoctialis Cham.
  • Bignonia vitalba var. extratropica Cham.
  • Neves-armondia cordifolia (Mart.) K.Schum.
  • Nevesarmondia cordifolia (Mart.) K.Schum.
  • Petastoma phaseoloides (Cham.) Miers
  • Pithecoctenium aubletii Splitg.
  • Pithecoctenium botryoides (Cham.) DC.
  • Pithecoctenium catharinae DC.
  • Pithecoctenium cordifolium Mart.
  • Pithecoctenium crucigerum (L.) A.H.Gentry
  • Pithecoctenium echinatum (Jacq.) Baill.
  • Pithecoctenium echinatum f. grandiflora Hassl.
  • Pithecoctenium echinatum var. intermedium Hassl.
  • Pithecoctenium echinatum var. tomentosum Hassl.
  • Pithecoctenium echinatum var. typicum Sprague
  • Pithecoctenium glaucum Rusby
  • Pithecoctenium hatschbachii A.H.Gentry
  • Pithecoctenium hexagonum DC.
  • Pithecoctenium hexagonum var. brasilianum DC.
  • Pithecoctenium lundii DC.
  • Pithecoctenium muricatum Moc. ex DC.
  • Pithecoctenium phaseoloides (Cham.) Schenck
  • Pithecoctenium squalus (Vell.) DC.
  • Pithecoctenium tribrachiatum Loes.
  • Pithecoctenium vitalba (Cham.) DC.
  • Pithecoctenium vitalba f. glabratum Hassl.
  • Pithecoctenium vitalba f. intermedium Hassl.

and 2 more.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.