EcoFlora - Tecoma

Tecoma
Family: Bignoniaceae Sue Carnahan	VPAP Resources JANAS 32(1) PLANT: Shrubs or small trees. LEAVES: simple or pinnately compound. INFLORESCENCE: racemes or panicles. FLOWERS: showy; calyx campanulate with 5 small deltoid lobes; corolla yellow or orange, tubular-campanulate; stamens exserted or included, the anthers glabrous or pilose. FRUITS: linear capsules. SEEDS: flattened, 2-winged. NOTES: 14 spp., s U.S. s to Argentina; Afr. (from the Aztec name -tecomaxochitl- referring to the -trumpet- shape of the flowers). REFERENCES: Mason, Charles T., Jr. 1999. Bignoniaceae. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 32(1).
Species within checklist: BIO 303 Plant Evolution Class Checklist Tecoma capensis Map not Available Tecoma castaneifolia Media not available Map not Available Tecoma castanifolia Map not Available Tecoma fulva Media not available Map not Available Tecoma garrocha Map not Available Tecoma gaudichaudii Map not Available Tecoma impetiginosa Media not available Map not Available Tecoma leucoxylon Map not Available Tecoma longiflora Map not Available Tecoma nyassae Map not Available Tecoma ricasoliana Media not available Map not Available Tecoma rosifolia Map not Available Tecoma smithii Map not Available Tecoma stans Map not Available Tecoma tenuiflora Map not Available