Pyrostegia

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: Bignonieae
Genus: Pyrostegia
Species: P. millingtonioides – P. venusta
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pyrostegia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.

Name

Pyrostegia C.Presl (1845)

Type species: P. ignea (Vell.) C.Presl

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Mexico
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
Northern South America
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Western South America
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
Brazil
Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
Southern South America
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Presl, C.B. 1845. Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 523.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Pyrostegia. 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pyrostegia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pyrostegia. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pyrostegia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Flame Vine

Pyrostegia is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas.[1]
Species

As of May 2020, Plants of the World Online recognises two species:[1]

Pyrostegia millingtonioides Sandwith
Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers

References

"Pyrostegia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2020.