Contains 17 genera and 19 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
BIGNONIACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
LAMIALES
BIGNONIACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphilophium | 1 | |||
| Amphitecna | AMPHITECNA | 1 | ||
| Bignonia | BIGNONIA | 2 | ||
| Campsis | CAMPSIS | 1 | ||
| Catalpa | CATALPA | 1 | ||
| Crescentia | CALABASH | 1 | ||
| Dolichandra | 1 | |||
| Handroanthus | 1 | |||
| Jacaranda | JACARANDA | 1 | ||
| Newbouldia | 1 | |||
| Podranea | PODRANEA | 1 | ||
| Pyrostegia | PYROSTEGIA | 1 | ||
| Radermachera | SERPENT TREE | 1 | ||
| Spathodea | TULIPTREE | 1 | ||
| Tabebuia | TRUMPET-TREE | 2 | ||
| Tecoma | TRUMPETBUSH | 1 | ||
| Tecomaria | CAPE HONEYSUCKLE | 1 |
[Family identification key]
1. Leaves simple
2
1. Leaves compound (sometimes simple or 1-foliolate on juvenile growth)
4
2. Leaves opposite; stamens 2, staminodes 3; fruit a linear capsule
2. Leaves alternate or pseudowhorled; stamens 4, staminodes 1; fruit an enlarged berry or pepo
3
3. Leaves alternate, the blade mostly obovate-elliptic; flowers borne along leafy stems
3. Leaves pseudowhorled on short shoots of mature branches, the blade mostly narrowly oblanceolate; flowers often on leafless older stems or trunks
4. Leaves palmately compound or 2-foliolate and often with a terminal tendril (sometimes simple or 1-foliolate on juvenile growth)
5
4. Leaves pinnately compound
10
5. Trees; leaves palmately compound with 3-9 leaflets
6
5. Vines; leaves 2-foliolate and often with a terminal tendril (sometimes simple or 1-foliolate on juvenile growth)
7
6. Indumentum of simple, dendroid, or stellate hairs
6. Indumentum of lepidote scales
7. Plant tomentose, lepidote; fruit echinate
7. Plant glabrous, glabrate, to puberulent; fruit smooth or ridged
8
8. Tendrils short, tri-partite, the tips thickened, curved and claw-like; corolla lobes yellow with darker lines in throat
8. Tendrils elongate, simple or tri-partite or much-branched, the tips coiling and not claw-like and not thickened; corolla lobes orange, white, pinkish, or reddish
9
9. Leaflets mostly elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic; corolla lobes white, pinkish, or reddish, lobes imbricate in bud; stamens included
9. Leaflets mostly ovate; corolla lobes pinkish orange to bright reddish orange, valvate in bud; stamens exserted
10. Leaves ternately pinnate compound
10. Leaves pinnate or bipinnately compound
11. Leaves bipinnately compound
11. Leaves pinnately compound
12
12. Trees; leaflets entire or toothed
13
12. Vines or shrubs; leaflets toothed (at least some), rarely entire
14
13. Leaflets toothed or entire; corolla white to pink or pink and white
13. Leaflets entire; corolla orange to reddish orange
14. Stems with adventitious roots; fruit fusiform, lignescent
14. Stems without adventitious roots; fruit linear, papery
15
15. Calyx 14-22 mm long; corolla white to pink with darkened veins
15. Calyx 3-8 mm long; corolla yellow or orange, sometimes with darkened veins
16
16. Shrub; corolla yellow; stamens included, the anther thecae divaricate, attached only at tip of filament
16. Vine; corolla orange; stamens exserted, the anther thecae fused to the connective