 In 1829, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini sent seeds and a description to individuals and botanical gardens under the name ""Rhodochiton volubile""; however this name was not published so no new genus name was established.In 1832, Zuccarini published the name "Lophospermum atrosanguineum" for the same species, writing that "I held it at first to be new genus and sent the seeds obtained in the summer of 1829 to several gardens under the name "Rhodochiton volubile".The figure in the Botanical Register [of "Lophospermum erubescens" D.Don] has convinced me of the identity of the genus" (i.e.