Eccremocarpus

Taxobox
name = "Eccremocarpus"

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image_caption = "Eccremocarpus scaber"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Bignoniaceae
genus = "Eccremocarpus"
genus_authority = Ruiz & Pav.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Eccremocarpus" (syn. "Calampelis" D.Don) 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 1-5 m tall.

;Selected species
*"Eccremocarpus longiflorus" Humb. & Bonpl. Peru.
*"Eccremocarpus scaber" Ruiz & Pav. Chile, western Argentina.
*"Eccremocarpus vargasianus" Sandwith. Peru.

Cultivation and uses

"E. 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

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4087 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Eccremocarpus"]
* [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.
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