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 from the southern USA, Central to most of South America.[3]
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| Bignonia grandifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Tribe: | Bignonieae |
| Genus: | Bignonia L. nom. cons.[1] |
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Species
editSpecies include:[4]
- 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 Cav.
- Bignonia magnifica W.Bull
- Bignonia microcalyx G.Mey.
- Bignonia neouliginosa L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia nocturna (Barb.Rodr.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia noterophila Mart. ex DC.
- Bignonia phellosperma (Hemsl.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia potosina (K.Schum. & Loes.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia prieurei DC.
- Bignonia pterocalyx (Sprague ex Urb.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia ramantacea (Mart. ex DC.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia sciuripabula (K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia sordida (Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
- Bignonia uleana (Kraenzl.) L.G.Lohmann
References
edit- ^ The International Plant Names Index
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved November 16, 2016.
- ^ "Bignonia L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved November 16, 2016
