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Bignoniaceae (from the genus Bignonia, named for the Abbe Jean Paul Bignon, court librarian at Paris, and a friend of the botanist Tournefort). Bignonia Family. Fig. 52. ^yoody plants, rarely herbs, usually climbing or twining in the tropical forests: leaves opposite, rarely alternate, usually compound: flowers bisexual, more or less irregular, scarcely bilabiate; calyx 5-cleft, rarely bilabiate or spathe-like, sometimes with appendages; corolla 5-lobed, gamopetalous, hypogynous, imbricated; stamens 4, didynamous, or only 2, the others staminodial, epipetalous; anthers various; hypogynous disk present; ovary superior, 2-celled, rarely 1-celled; many-ovuled; style 1; stigmas 2: fruit a woody capsule; seeds usually winged and very compressed; endosperm 0.

Bignoniaceae (from the genus Bignonia, named for the Abbe Jean Paul Bignon, court librarian at Paris, and a friend of the botanist Tournefort). Bignonia Family. Fig. 52. ^yoody plants, rarely herbs, usually climbing or twining in the tropical forests: leaves opposite, rarely alternate, usually compound: flowers bisexual, more or less irregular, scarcely bilabiate; calyx 5-cleft, rarely bilabiate or spathe-like, sometimes with appendages; corolla 5-lobed, gamopetalous, hypogynous, imbricated; stamens 4, didynamous, or only 2, the others staminodial, epipetalous; anthers various; hypogynous disk present; ovary superior, 2-celled, rarely 1-celled; many-ovuled; style 1; stigmas 2: fruit a woody capsule; seeds usually winged and very compressed; endosperm 0.

Catalpa and Tecoma have been used in medicine but are not officinal. Caraboa (Jacaranda Copaia) contains an aromatic resin of the odor of coumarin. Many are ornamental plants with large, handsome flowers.

Catalpa and Tecoma have been used in medicine but are not officinal. Caraboa (Jacaranda Copaia) contains an aromatic resin of the odor of coumarin. Many are ornamental plants with large, handsome flowers.

About 20 genera are in cultivation in North America, all as ornamental plants. Among these are: Bignonia (Trumpet Flower, Cross Vine, Quarter Vine), mostly greenhouse climbers; Catalpa, semi-hardy or hardy trees; Chilopsis (Desert Willow, Flowering Willow, Mimbres) cultivated in the South; Crescentia (Calabash Tree), cultivated South. Others are Campsis (Trumpet Creeper, T. Vine, T. Honeysuckle); Tecoma (Yellow Elder); Pandorea (Wonga-Wonga Vine; Bower Plant of Australia); Tecomaria (Cape Honeysuckle, climbing or erect shrubs or trees, cultivated mostly in the South, only one of which is fully hardy North.

About 20 genera are in cultivation in North America, all as ornamental plants. Among these are: Bignonia (Trumpet Flower, Cross Vine, Quarter Vine), mostly greenhouse climbers; Catalpa, semi-hardy or hardy trees; Chilopsis (Desert Willow, Flowering Willow, Mimbres) cultivated in the South; Crescentia (Calabash Tree), cultivated South. Others are Campsis (Trumpet Creeper, T. Vine, T. Honeysuckle); Tecoma (Yellow Elder); Pandorea (Wonga-Wonga Vine; Bower Plant of Australia); Tecomaria (Cape Honeysuckle, climbing or erect shrubs or trees, cultivated mostly in the South, only one of which is fully hardy North.{{SCH}}

 

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

| regnum = [[Plantae]]

| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]

| familia = '''Bignoniaceae'''

| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]

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

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==References==

==References==

* Gentry, A. H. 1980. Flora Neotropica: Bignoniaceae - Part I (tribes Crescentieae and Tourrettieae. ''Flora Neotropica Monograph'' 25 (1): 1-150.

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

* Gentry, A. H. 1992. Flora Neotropica: Bignoniaceae - Part II ( tribe Tecomeae). ''Flora Neotropica Monograph'' 25 (2): 1-130.

 

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/bignonia.htm Bignoniaceae] in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ ''The families of flowering plants''.]

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* [http://www.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do;jsessionid=Bignoniaceae iPlants] for an updated checklist of the family.

 

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