Bignoniaceae

? Trumpet Creeper family
Bigleaf Black Calabash (Amphitecna macrophylla)
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Bignoniaceae Juss.
Genera
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The Bignoniaceae, or trumpet creeper family, is a family of flowering plants, comprising mainly of trees, shrubs, lianas, and a few herbaceous plants. The family is widespread in both Old World and New World, distributed mostly in the tropics and subtropics, but with a number of temperate species as well, mainly in North America and eastern Asia. The family includes about 650 species in 110 genera.

Genera

Adenocalymna Amphilophium Amphitecna Anemopaegma Argylia Arrabidaea Astianthus Barnettia Bignonia Callichlamys Campsidium Campsis Catalpa Catophractes Ceratophytum Chilopsis Chitalpa (=x Chitalpa) Clytostoma Colea Crescentia Cuspidaria Cybistax Delostoma Deplanchea Digomphia Dinklageodoxa Distictella Distictis Dolichandra Dolichandrone Eccremocarpus Ekmanianthe Fernandoa Fridericia Gardnerodoxa Glaziova Godmania Haplolophium Haplophragma Heterophragma Hieris Incarvillea Jacaranda Kigelia Lamiodendron Leucocalantha Lundia Macfadyena Macranthisiphon Manaosella Mansoa Markhamia Martinella Melloa Memora Millingtonia Mussatia Neojobertia Neosepicaea Newbouldia Nyctcalos Ophiocolea Oroxylum Pajanelia Pandorea Parabiognonia Paragonia Paratecoma Parmentiera Pauldopia Perianthomega Periarrabidaea Perichlaena Phryganocydia Phyllarthron Phylloctenium Piriadacus Pithecoctenium Pleonotoma Podranea Potamoganos Pseudocatalpa Pyrostegia Radermachera Rhigozum Rhodocolea Roentgenia Romeroa Saritaea Sparattosperma Spathicalyx Spathodea Sphingiphila Spirotecoma Stereospermum Stizophyllum Tabebuia Tanaecium Tecoma Tecomanthe Tecomella Tourrettia Tynanthus Urbanolophium Xylophragma Zeyheria

Cultivation and uses

Several species are important ornamental plants, grown for their often spectacular flower displays. Genera important in horticulture include Campsis, Catalpa, Jacaranda, Kigelia, Pandorea, Spathodea, and Tabebuia.

References

• Gentry, A. H. 1980. Flora Neotropica: Bignoniaceae - Part I (tribes Crescentieae and Tourrettieae. Flora Neotropica Monograph 25 (1): 1-150.
• Gentry, A. H. 1992. Flora Neotropica: Bignoniaceae - Part II ( tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 25 (2): 1-130.
• Lohmann, L. G. 2006. Untangling the phylogeny of neotropical lianas (Bignonieae - Bignoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 93 (2): 304-318.
• Bignoniaceae in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants.
• iPlants for an updated checklist of the family.