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Bignoniaceae
Bignoniaceae () is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. (2007). . It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related.Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). "Bignoniaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. At: Botanical Databases At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see ''External links'' below) Nearly all of the Bignoniaceae are woody plants, but a few are subwoody, either as vines or subshrubs. A few more are herbaceous plants of high-elevation Montane ecology, montane habitats, in three exclusively herbaceous genera: ''Tourrettia'', ''Argylia'', and ''Incarvillea''. The family includes many lianas, climbing by tendrils, by twining, or rarely, by aerial roots. The largest Tribe (biology), tribe in the fam ...
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Crescentiina
Bignoniaceae () is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada. (2007). . It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related.Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). "Bignoniaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. At: Botanical Databases At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see ''External links'' below) Nearly all of the Bignoniaceae are woody plants, but a few are subwoody, either as vines or subshrubs. A few more are herbaceous plants of high-elevation montane habitats, in three exclusively herbaceous genera: ''Tourrettia'', '' Argylia'', and '' Incarvillea''. The family includes many lianas, climbing by tendrils, by twining, or rarely, by aerial roots. The largest tribe in the family, called Bignonieae, consists mostly of lianas and is noted for ...
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Astianthus
''Astianthus'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Bignoniaceae family.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. The sole species is ''Astianthus viminalis''.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. It is known by the common names ''achuchil'' in Mexico and ''chilca'' in Guatemala and Honduras.Alwyn H. Gentry. 1992. "Bignoniaceae: Part II (Tribe Tecomeae)". ''Flora Neotropica'' Monograph 25(part 2):1-373. ''Astianthus'' is native to Mesoamerica, from southern Mexico to Nicaragua. It is a shrub, or if larger, a tree of varying height, occurring mostly along streambanks from sea level to in elevation. Its leaves are unusually long and slender, resembling those of a willow, possibly bec ...
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Jacarandeae
''Jacaranda'' is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas while cultivated around the world. The generic name is also used as the common name. The species ''Jacaranda mimosifolia'' has achieved a cosmopolitan distribution due to introductions, to the extent that it has entered popular culture. It can be found growing wild in Central America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, southern and northern Africa, China, Australia, Rwanda and Cyprus. Etymology The name is of South American (more specifically Tupi–Guarani) origin either meaning fragrant, ''y-acã-ratã'' meaning "heartwood" or ''ya'kãg rã'ta'' "hard-headed". The word ''jacaranda'' was described in ''A supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopædia'', 1st ed., (1753) as "a name given by some authors to the tree the wood of which is the log-wood, used in dyeing and medicine" and as being of Tupi–Guarani origin, by way of Portuguese. Altho ...
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Tourrettia
''Tourrettia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. It only contains one known species, ''Tourrettia lappacea'' (L'Hér.) Willd. The genus of ''Tourrettia'' has 2 known synonyms, ''Dombeya'' and ''Medica'' It is also in Tribe ''Tourrettieae''. Its native range stretches from Mexico down to north-western Argentina. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru and Venezuela. The genus name of ''Tourrettia'' is in honour of Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793), a French botanist. The Latin specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ... of ''lappacea'' is derived from ''lappa'' meaning with burrs. It was first described and published in Mém. Ac ...
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Delostoma
''Delostoma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae () is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant .... Its native range is Western South America to Western Venezuela. Species: *'' Delostoma dentatum'' *'' Delostoma gracile'' *'' Delostoma integrifolium'' *'' Delostoma lobbii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3008093 Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae genera ...
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Lamiales
The Lamiales (also known as the mint order) are an order of flowering plants in the asterids clade of the Eudicots. Under the APG IV system of flowering plant classification the order consists of 24 families, and includes about 23,810 species and 1,059 genera with representatives found all over the world. Well-known or economically important members of this order include aromatic, culinary, and medicinal herbs such as basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, hyssop, thyme, lavender, perilla, lemon verbena, catnip, bee balm, wild dagga, and oriental motherwort, as well as olives, ash trees, teak, foxgloves, lilacs, jasmine, snapdragons, African violets, Jacarandas, Paulownias, butterfly bushes, sesame, and psyllium. Description Plant species within the order Lamiales are eudicots and are herbaceous or have woody stems. Zygomorphic flowers are common, having five petals with an upper lip of two petals and lower lip of three petals, but ...
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Oroxyleae
''Oroxyleae'' is a tribe of trees in the family Bignoniaceae: typically found in Asia. Genera Four genera are currently recognised: # '' Hieris'' - monotypic '' Hieris curtisii'' # ''Millingtonia ''Millingtonia hortensis'', the tree jasmine or Indian cork tree, is the sole species in the genus ''Millingtonia'', a tree native to South Asia and South East Asia. In the name ''Millingtonia hortensis'', ''Millingtonia'' is named for Sir Thoma ...'' (synonym ''Nevrilis'' Raf.) - monotypic # '' Nyctocalos'' # '' Oroxylum'' (synonyms: ''Calosanthes'' Blume & ''Hippoxylon'' Raf.) - monotypic ''Oroxylum indicum'' References External links * * Bignoniaceae Asterid tribes {{bignoniaceae-stub ...
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Amphitecna Macrophylla
''Amphitecna macrophylla'', commonly known as black calabash or chaff-bush, is a species of plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is found in small patches of Mexico and Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b .... It can reach a height of . It is drought tolerant and is hardy to USDA Hardiness Zone 10b. References macrophylla Plants described in 1854 Taxa named by Berthold Carl Seemann Taxa named by John Miers (botanist) Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon Cloud forest flora of Mexico Flora of Guatemala {{Bignoniaceae-stub ...
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Tecomeae
Tecomeae is a tribe with 44 genera of trees, shrubs, and vines in the family Bignoniaceae. Genera * '' Argylia'' * ''Astianthus'' * '' Campsidium'' * '' Campsis'' * ''Catalpa'' (Needs verified) * '' Catophractes'' * ''Chilopsis'' * ''Cybistax'' * ''Delostoma'' * '' Deplanchea'' * '' Digomphia'' * '' Dinklageodoxa'' * '' Dolichandrone'' * '' Ekmanianthe'' * '' Fernandoa'' * '' Godmania'' * '' Haplophragma'' * ''Heterophragma'' * '' Incarvillea'' * ''Jacaranda'' * '' Lamiodendron'' * '' Markhamia'' * '' Neosepicaea'' * '' Newbouldia'' * '' Pajanelia'' * ''Pandorea'' * '' Paratecoma'' * '' Pauldopia'' * '' Perianthomega'' * '' Perichlaena'' * '' Podranea'' * '' Radermachera'' * '' Rhigozum'' * ''Romeroa'' * '' Santisukia'' * '' Sparattosperma'' * ''Spathodea'' * ''Spirotecoma'' * ''Stereospermum'' * ''Tabebuia'' * ''Tecoma'' * '' Tecomanthe'' * ''Tecomella ''Tecomella Undulata'' is a tree species, locally known as rohida or ਰਹੂੜਾ found in Oman, and from southwest Ira ...
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Bignonia
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Species have been recorded in a range extending from the southern USA and Mexico to most of South America. Species Species include: *''Bignonia binata'' Thunb. *''Bignonia bracteomana'' (K.Schum. ex Sprague) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia callistegioides'' Cham. *''Bignonia campanulata'' Cham. *''Bignonia capreolata'' L. *''Bignonia convolvuloides'' (Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia corymbosa'' (Vent.) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia costata'' (Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia cuneata'' (Dugand) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia decora'' (S.Moore) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia diversifolia'' Kunth *''Bignonia hyacinthina'' (Standl.) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia lilacina'' (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann *''Bignonia longiflora'' ...
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