BIGNONIACEAE

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.

Contents

Genera

Cultivation and uses

References

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.