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Aeschynanthus acuminatus

Aeschynanthus acuminatus
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China, S. Nansei-shotō to Taiwan
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aeschynanthus acuminatus is an Asian species of vine plants in the family Gesneriaceae, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. A common name for this and similar species in the genus "lipstick vine".

Other Aeschynanthus plants

Aeschynanthus acuminatissimus · Aeschynanthus albidus · Aeschynanthus amboinensis · Aeschynanthus buxifolius · Aeschynanthus fulgens · Aeschynanthus hispidus · Parasite Blushwort · Aeschynanthus horsfieldii · Aeschynanthus hosseusii · Aeschynanthus humilis · Aeschynanthus impar · Aeschynanthus intraflavus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aeschynanthus acuminatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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