Tecoma
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- For the suburb of Melbourne, see Tecoma, Victoria.
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Tecoma is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the Bignoniaceae. Twelve species are neotropical while the other two species are African.
The neotropical species range from the extreme southern United States through Central America and the Antilles south through Andean South America to northern Argentina.
- Species
- Tecoma arequipensis (Sprague) Sandwith
- Tecoma capensis (Thunberg) Lindley
- Tecoma castanifolia (D.Don) Melchior
- Tecoma cochabambensis (Herzog) Sandwith
- Tecoma fulva (Cavanilles) D.Don
- Tecoma garrocha Hieronymus
- Tecoma guarume DC.
- Tecoma nyassae Oliver in Hooker
- Tecoma rosifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Tecoma sambucifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Tecoma stans (Linnaeus) Jussieu ex Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
- Tecoma tanaeciiflora (Kränzlin) Sandwith
- Tecoma tenuiflora (DC.) Fabris
- Tecoma weberbaueriana (Kränzlin) Melchior
