Bignoniaceae

Tecoma Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl.: 139 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a shrub or tree.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bahamas, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Ascension, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chad, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Hawaii, India, KwaZulu-Natal, Line Is., Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Nicobar Is., Northern Provinces, St.Helena, Swaziland, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Burger, W. & Gentry, A.H. (2000). Bignoniaceae. Fieldiana Botany New Series, n.s., 41: 77-160. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Fischer, E., Theisen, I. & Lohmann, L.G. in Kubitkzki, K. (ed.) (2004). Bignoniaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 9-38. Springer.
  • Gentry, A.H (1992). Bignoniaceae-Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 25(II): 1-370.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Tardelli & L. Settesoldi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Neotropica 25(2): 273–293 (1992)
  • Gen. Pl.: 139 (1789);

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1975 Ruiz [s.n.] K000111923 Type Yes
[M.C.H. Kerland] [s.n.] Uganda K004921863 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921827 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K004921855 Yes
Friedmann, F. [1705] Reunion K004921131 Yes
Duarte, A.P. [2849] Brazil K000903176 Yes
Simpson, J.H. [236] United States K004921117 Yes
Aet [603] Indonesia K004921843 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921813 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iraq K004921822 Yes
Cuming, H. [[1096]] Colombia K004921487 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hong Kong K004921823 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K004921838 Yes
[J. Hanbury - Tracy] [281] Colombia K004921493 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iraq K004921820 Yes
[J.M.S.] [s.n.] Venezuela K004921507 Yes
Livingstone, C. [H71/25] Nigeria K004921857 Yes
Edwards, K.S.; Devia A, W. [582] Colombia K004921497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iraq K004921821 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004921830 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921845 Yes
Humbert, H.; Dugand, A. [27591] Colombia K004921496 Yes
Smith, H. [s.n.] Colombia K004921488 Yes
Miller, O.O. [220] Venezuela K004921508 Yes
Edwards, K.S.; Devia A, W. [582] Colombia K004921499 Yes
Curran, H.M.; Haman, M. [848] Venezuela K004921501 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [22701] Colombia K004921494 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921840 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K004921133 Yes
Malaisse, F. [13424] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004921859 Yes
Bourne [1661] India K004921833 Yes
Leland, B.; Chase, E.W.B.; Tilden, J.E. [s.n.] K004921841 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [6008] Colombia K004921491 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K004921134 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [5764] India K004921829 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921815 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1160] Bolivia K000661659 No
Winit, K. [413] Thailand K004921836 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921818 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC25395] Ghana K004921854 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921853 Yes
Sandeman, C. [6006] Colombia K004921492 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Maldives K004921847 Yes
Zunguze, D.; Mafumo, A. [255] Mozambique K004921132 Yes
Edwards, K.S.; Devia A, W. [582] Colombia K004921500 Yes
Burch, D.; Oliver, R.L.; Robertson, K.R. [1259] Panama K004921513 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [26] Morocco K004921828 Yes
Hunter, A.A.; Allen, P.H. [442] Panama K004921511 Yes
Fendler, A. [779] Venezuela K004921502 Yes
[Ku. U.R. Nafday] [113] India K004921834 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921839 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [6007] Uganda K004921862 Yes
Irvine, F.R. [1408] Ghana K004921852 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1272] Bolivia K000295090 No
Meier, W.; Elsner, D. [6231] Venezuela K004921505 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921844 Yes
Worthington, T.B. [1672] Sri Lanka K004921825 Yes
Llewellyn Williams [12254] Venezuela K004921509 Yes
Edwards, K.S.; Devia A, W. [582] Colombia K000373975 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K004921846 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921814 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Senegal K004921849 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [5510] Colombia K004921495 Yes
André, É. [83] Venezuela K004921503 Yes
Edwards, K.S.; Devia A, W. [582] Colombia K004921498 Yes
Smith, H.H. [346] Colombia K004921489 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K004921826 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B. [414] Colombia K004921490 Yes
Beck, G. [8825] Bolivia K000449985 Isotype Yes
Prior, J. [108] Eswatini K004921130 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921817 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K004921850 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [397] Kenya K004921864 Yes
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI47151] Nigeria K004921856 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic K004921858 Yes
Pomina, C. [40A] Kenya K004921866 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burma K004921835 Yes
[Seemann] [5581] Panama K004921510 Yes
Moldenke, H. [803] K004921116 Yes
Ritchie [467] India K004921831 Yes
[Cuming] [1096] Colombia K004921486 Yes
Stoffers, A.L. [2395] K004921514 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Maldives K004921848 Yes
Duke, J.A. [4633] Panama K004921512 Yes
Hohenacker, E.R.F. [784] K004921504 Yes
Letouzey, R. [11696] Cameroon K004921861 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [1833] K004921119 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [697] Philippines K004921842 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K004921851 Yes
Ritchie [467] India K004921832 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hong Kong K004921824 Yes
Zimmermann, R. [69] Thailand K004921837 Yes
Cowell [M38] Cameroon K004921860 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [5651] United States K004921118 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921865 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921816 Yes
Johnston, J.R. [76] Venezuela K004921506 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004921819 Yes

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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