Bignonia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Bignonieae
Genus: Bignonia
Species: B. aequinoctialis – B. binata – B. bracteomana – B. callistegioides – B. campanulata – B. capreolata – B. convolvuloides – B. corymbosa – B. costata – B. cuneata – B. decora – B. diversifolia – B. hyacinthina – B. lilacina – B. longiflora – B. magnifica – B. microcalyx – B. neoheterophylla – B. neouliginosa – B. nocturna – B. phellosperma – B. potosina – B. prieurei – B. pterocalyx – B. ramantacea – B. sanctae-crucis – B. sciuripabulum – B. sordida – B. uleana

Name

Bignonia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 622. (1753) nom. cons.

Type species: Bignonia capreolata L. Sp. Pl. 2: 262. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Anisostichus Bureau, Monogr. Bignon. 43. t. 6 (1864) BHL.
- Temnocydia Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 9: 143 (1845) BHL, nom. inval.
Heterotypic
- Clytostoma Miers ex Bureau, Adansonia 8: 353 (1868).
  - Type species: C. callistegioides (Cham.) Griseb.
- Clytostomanthus Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 224 (1945 publ. 1946).
  - Type species: C. decorus (S.Moore) Pichon
- Cydista Bureau, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 191 (1863).
  - Type species: C. aequinoctialis (L.) Miers
- Levya Bureau ex Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 28 (1888).
  - Type species: L. nicaraguensis Bureau ex Baill.
- Macranthisiphon Bureau ex K.Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 212, 219 (1894).
  - Type species: M. longiflorus (Cav.) K.Schum.
- Micropaegma Pichon, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 92: 225 (1945 publ. 1946).
  - Type species: M. brachycalyx (Bureau & K.Schum.) Pichon
- Mussatia Bureau ex Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 32 (1881 publ. 1888).
  - Type species: M. prieurei (DC.) Bureau ex K.Schum.
- Osmhydrophora Barb.Rodr., Vellosia, ed. 2, 1: 49 (1891).
  - Type species: O. nocturna Barb.Rodr.
- Phryganocydia Mart. ex Bureau, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 19: 18 (1872).
  - Type species: P. corymbosa (Vent.) Bureau ex K.Schum.
- Phrygiobureaua Kuntze in Post & Kuntze, Lex. 433 (1904 publ. 1903).
  - Type species: P. corymbosa (Vent.) Bureau ex K.Schum.
- Pongelia Raf., Sylva Tellur. 78 (1838).
  - Type species: P. longiflora Raf.
- Potamoganos Sandwith, Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl. 34: 220 (1937).
  - Type species: P. microcalyx (G.F.Meyer) Sandwith
- Roentgenia Urb., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 34: 747 (1916).
  - Type species: R. bracteomana (K.Schum. ex Sprague) Urban
- Saritaea Dugand, Caldasia 3: 262 (1945).
  - Type species: S. magnifica (W.Bull) Dugand

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 622. Reference page.
Fonseca, L.H.M. & Lohmann, L.G. 2019. An Updated Synopsis of Adenocalymma (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae): New Combinations, Synonyms, and Lectotypifications. Systematic Botany 44(4): 893-912. DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15710776741341 Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bignonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Bignonia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 30 2015.
Tropicos.org 2021. Bignonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 0 Mar. 2021.

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