| Astianthus | |
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| Astianthus viminalis in Michoacán, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Astianthus D.Don |
| Species: | A. viminalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Astianthus viminalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Astianthus longifolius D.Don | |
Astianthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Bignoniaceae family.[2] The sole species is Astianthus viminalis.[3] It is known by the common names achuchil in Mexico and chilca in Guatemala and Honduras.[4]
Astianthus is native to Mesoamerica, from southern Mexico to Nicaragua.[4] It is a shrub, or if larger, a tree of varying height, occurring mostly along streambanks from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in elevation.[4] Its leaves are unusually long and slender, resembling those of a willow, possibly because it is a rheophyte.[citation needed]
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Astianthus viminalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T150114293A150114295. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T150114293A150114295.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Eberhard Fischer, Inge Theisen, and Lúcia G. Lohmann. 2004. "Bignoniaceae". pages 9-38. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1
- ^ David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4
- ^ a b c Alwyn H. Gentry. 1992. "Bignoniaceae: Part II (Tribe Tecomeae)". Flora Neotropica Monograph 25(part 2):1-373.