Bignonia

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Bignonia
Bignonia grandifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Bignonia
species

See text.

Purple Bignonia in Malaysia

Bignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the catalpa family, Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694.

Selected species

  • Bignonia aequinoctialis
  • Bignonia binata
  • Bignonia bracteomana
  • Bignonia capreolata
  • Bignonia chelonoides (synonym of Stereospermum chelonoides)
  • Bignonia callistegioides
  • Bignonia campanulata
  • Bignonia catalpa (synonym of Catalpa bignonioides)
  • Bignonia convolvuloides
  • Bignonia corymbosa
  • Bignonia costata
  • Bignonia longiflora
  • Bignonia phellosperma
  • Bignonia suaveolens (synonym of Stereospermum chelonoides)(Sanskrit : "पाटल" )

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