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Rhodochiton hintonii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Eudicots

Order
  
Lamiales

Rank
  
Species

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Clade
  
Asterids

Family
  
Plantaginaceae

Similar
  
Lophospermum, Rhodochiton, Rhodochiton atrosanguineus

Rhodochiton hintonii is a climbing or sprawling herbaceous perennial native to the state of Guerrero in Mexico. It has dangling flowers, with a bell-shaped calyx and dark purple petals forming a tube. Unlike the better known Rhodochiton atrosanguineus, the petal tube is asymmetrical with two "lips".

The species was first described by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985. The specific epithet hintonii commemorates G.B. Hinton, described as a "pioneer plant collector in Mexico". It was transferred from the genus Lophospermum to Rhodochiton by David A. Sutton in 1988.

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Rhodochiton hintonii Wikipedia