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".[2]

Rhodochiton hintonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Rhodochiton
Species:	R. hintonii
Binomial name
Rhodochiton hintonii (Elisens) D.A.Sutton[1]
Synonyms[1]
Lophospermum hintonii Elisens

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".[2] It was transferred from the genus Lophospermum to Rhodochiton by David A. Sutton in 1988.[1]

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