Bignonia callistegioides Cham., Linnaea 7: 712 1832. (Syn: Bignonia lindleyi DC.; Bignonia picta Lindl. [Illegitimate]; Bignonia speciosa Graham; Bignonia speciosa Tweedie ex Hook.; Clytostoma callistegioides (Cham.) Baill. (Unresolved); Clytostoma uniflorum K.Schum. ex Bureau & K.Schum.; Cuspidaria callistegioides (Cham.) DC.; Pithecoctenium callistegioides (Cham.) Niederl.); Bolivia (Tarija), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy,
Mendoza, Misiones, Salta), S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay (Alto
Paraguay, Central), Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Florida Prov., Montevideo,
Rio Negro, Salto, Soriano), Peru (I), Costa Rica, Taiwan (I), trop. Africa (I),
India (I), Pakistan (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
Syn: Clytostoma callistegioides (Cham.) Bureau ex Griseb.; Cuspidaria callistegioides (Cham.) DC. Common names: Argentine trumpetvine, love-charm Evergreen climbing shrub with opposite leaves, each with two 5-10 cm long elliptic-oblong, glabrous and lustrous undulate leaflets and simple tendril; flowers lavender, streaked, 6-8 cm long; calyx lobes long pointed; corolla lobes spreading, oval and wavy; pod 7-12 cm long, prickly. Photographed from Sunnyvale, California.
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