Amphilophium_crucigerum

<i>Amphilophium crucigerum</i>

Amphilophium crucigerum

Species of flowering plant

Amphilophium crucigerum is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae, native from Mexico through Central America into South America as far south as Argentina.[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus (as Bignonia crucigera) in 1753.[2] The synonym Pithecoctenium crucigerum has often been used.[1]

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The species has become an invasive weed in Australia.[3] Chemical investigation of methanol extracted from this species yielded the iridoid glycoside theviridoside along with five phenylethanoid glycosides (verbascoside, isoverbascoside, forsythoside B, jionoside D and leucosceptoside B), these last all active against DPPH.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Amphilophium crucigerum (L.) L.G.Lohmann", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-03-20
  2. [2]
    "Amphilophium crucigerum (L.) L.G.Lohmann", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-03-20
  3. [3]
    "Monkey-comb, PITHECOCTENIUM CRUCIGERUM".
  4. [4]
    Martin, Frédéric; Hay, Anne-Emmanuelle; Corno, Laura; Gupta, Mahabir P.; Hostettmann, Kurt (May 2007). "Iridoid glycosides from the stems of Pithecoctenium crucigerum (Bignoniaceae)". Phytochemistry. 68 (9): 1307–11. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.02.002. PMID 17382978.


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