''Bignonia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in 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 genus and family were named after
Jean-Paul Bignon
The Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon, Oratory of Jesus, Cong.Orat. (; 19 September 1662, Paris – 14 March 1743, Île Belle) was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France. His protégé, Joseph Pitton de ...
by his protégé
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 165628 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Botanist Charles Plumier was his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.
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in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
. Species have been recorded in a range extending from the southern USA and Mexico to most of South America.
Species
Species include:
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Bignonia binata''
Thunb.
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Bignonia bracteomana''
(K.Schum. ex Sprague) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia callistegioides''
Cham.
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Bignonia campanulata''
Cham.
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Bignonia capreolata
''Bignonia capreolata'' is a vine commonly referred to as crossvine. The common name refers to the cross-shaped pattern revealed when the stem is cut; this pattern results from four radial wedges of phloem embedded within the stem's xylem. It i ...
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L.
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Bignonia convolvuloides''
(Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia corymbosa''
(Vent.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia costata''
(Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia cuneata''
(Dugand) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia decora
''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 nomen ...
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(S.Moore) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia diversifolia''
Kunth
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Bignonia hyacinthina''
(Standl.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia lilacina''
(A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia longiflora''
Cav.
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Bignonia magnifica''
W.Bull
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Bignonia microcalyx''
G.Mey.
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Bignonia neouliginosa''
L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia nocturna''
(Barb.Rodr.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia noterophila''
Mart. ex DC.
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Bignonia phellosperma''
(Hemsl.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia potosina''
(K.Schum. & Loes.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia prieurei''
DC.
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Bignonia pterocalyx''
(Sprague ex Urb.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia ramantacea''
(Mart. ex DC.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia sciuripabula''
(K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia sordida''
(Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia uleana''
(Kraenzl.) L.G.Lohmann
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q794756
Bignoniaceae genera
Taxa named by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort