Rhodochiton hintonii

Rhodochiton hintonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Rhodochiton
Species:
R. hintonii
Binomial name
Rhodochiton hintonii
(Elisens) D.A.Sutton[1]
Synonyms[1]

Lophospermum hintonii Elisens

Rhodochiton hintonii is a climbing or sprawling herbaceous perennial native to the state of Guerrero in Mexico. It has dangling flowers, with a bell-shaped calyx and dark purple petals forming a tube. Unlike the better known Rhodochiton atrosanguineus, the petal tube is asymmetrical with two "lips".[2]

The species was first described by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985. The specific epithet hintonii commemorates G.B. Hinton, described as a "pioneer plant collector in Mexico".[2] It was transferred from the genus Lophospermum to Rhodochiton by David A. Sutton in 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Rhodochiton hintonii (Elisens) D.A. Sutton", Tropicos.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2014-08-17
  2. ^ a b Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602


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