Pyrostegia
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Bignoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Lianas with tendrils. Stems obtusely hexagonal or subangular with 6-8 prominences; cross section of the mature stem with normal peripheral phloem; interpetiolar zone not glandular; pseudostipules inconspicuous. Leaves opposite, 2-3-foliolate, with a terminal trifid tendril. Flowers in terminal or axillary panicles. Calyx simple, crateriform, truncate or 5-denticulate, more or less glandular-lepidote; corolla red-orange, zygomorphic, narrowly tubular-infundibuliform; stamens 4, didynamous, exserted; ovary superior, bicarpellate, linear-tetragonal, lepidote, with an annular-pulvinate disc at the base. Fruit a linear capsule, compressed, smooth, with the valves parallel to the septum; seeds numerous, with 2 brown wings with hyaline margins. A genus of 3 or 4 species naturally distributed from southern Colombia to Brazil and Paraguay.