Eccremocarpus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Tourrettieae
Genus: Eccremocarpus
Species: E. huainaccapac – E. scaber – E. viridis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Eccremocarpus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.

Name

Eccremocarpus Ruiz & Pav. (1794)

Type species: E. viridis Ruiz & Pav.

References

Ruiz López, H. & Pavón, J.A. 1794: Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 90.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Eccremocarpus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Eccremocarpus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Eccremocarpus. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Eccremocarpus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03.
Tropicos.org 2019. Eccremocarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03.

Vernacular names
English: Glory Flower

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.[1][2][3][4][5]
Selected species

Eccremocarpus longiflorus Humb. & Bonpl. Peru.
Eccremocarpus scaber Ruiz & Pav. (Chilean glory flower[6]) 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

"Germplasm Resources Information Network: Eccremocarpus". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
Flora of Chile: Eccremocarpus
Chilebosque: Eccremocarpus scaber
Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary. Macmillan.
Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
'Chilean Glory Flower', BBC Plant Finder