Tecoma

This article is about a specific genus. For other uses, see Tecoma (disambiguation).

Tecoma

Tecoma stans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Tecomeae
Genus:	Tecoma Juss.^[1]
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Kokoschkinia Turcz. Stenolobium D.Don^[1]

Tecoma is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae. Twelve species are from the Americas, while the other two species are African. The American species range from the extreme southern United States through Central America and the Antilles south through Andean South America to northern Argentina. The generic name is derived from the Nahuatl word tecomaxochitl, which was applied by the indigenous peoples of Mexico to plants with tubular flowers.^[2]

Species

Tecoma arequipensis (Sprague) Sandwith
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. – Cape Honeysuckle (Southern Africa)
Tecoma castaneifolia (D.Don) Melch. – Chestnutleaf Trumpetbush
Tecoma cochabambensis (Herzog) Sandwith
Tecoma fulva (Cavanilles) D.Don
Tecoma garrocha Hieronymus – Argentine
Tecoma guarume DC.
Tecoma nyassae Oliv.
Tecoma rosifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth
Tecoma sambucifolia Kunth
Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth – Yellow Trumpetbush (Americas)
- Tecoma stans var. stans
- Tecoma stans var. velutina DC.
Tecoma tanaeciiflora (Kränzlin) Sandwith
Tecoma tenuiflora (DC.) Fabris
Tecoma weberbaueriana (Kränzlin) Melchior^[3]^[4]

Campsidium valdivianum (Phil.) Skottsb. (as T. valdiviana Phil.)
Campsis ×tagliabuana (Vis.) Rehder (as T. tagliabuana Vis.)
Handroanthus albus (as T. alba Cham.)
Handroanthus impetiginosus (as T. impetiginosa Mart. ex DC.)
Pandorea jasminoides (Lindl.) K.Schum. (as T. jasminoides Lindl.)
Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis (as T. australis R.Br. or T. pandorana (Andrews) Skeels)
Paratecoma peroba (Record & Mell) Kuhlm. (as T. peroba Record & Mell)
Podranea brycei (N.E.Br.) Sprague (as T. brycei N.E.Br.)
Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague (as T. mackenii W.Watson or T. ricasoliana Tanfani)
Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Moore (as T. argentea Bureau & K.Schum. or T. caraiba Mart.)
Tabebuia bahamensis (Northr.) Britton (as T. bahamensis Northr.)
Tabebuia berteroi (DC.) Britton (as T. berteroi DC.)
Tabebuia chrysantha subsp. meridionalis A.H.Gentry (as T. spectabilis Planch. & Linden)

Tabebuia chrysotricha (Mart. ex DC.) Standl. (as T. chrysotricha Mart. ex DC.)
Tabebuia guayacan (Seem.) Hemsl. (as T. guayacan Seem.)
Tabebuia heptaphylla (Vell.) Toledo (as T. ipe Mart. ex K.Schum.)
Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton (as T. leucoxylon (L.) Mart. ex DC. or T. pentaphylla Juss. ex DC.)
Tabebuia ochracea subsp. heterotricha (DC.) A.H.Gentry) (as T. heterotricha DC.)
Tabebuia ochracea subsp. ochracea (as T. ochracea Cham.)
Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC. (as T. rosea Bertol.)
Tabebuia serratifolia (Vahl) G.Nicholson (as T. serratifolia (Vahl) G.Don)
Tecomanthe dendrophila (Blume) K.Schum. (as T. dendrophila Blume)
Tecomella undulata (Sm.) Seem. (as T. undulata (Sm.) G.Don)^[4]

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↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taxon: Tecoma Juss.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2637. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
↑ "Tecoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "GRIN Species Records of Tecoma". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-18.