🌿 Family

Bignoniaceae

65 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Bignoniaceae

Bignonia capreolata L.

Bignonia capreolata, commonly called crossvine, is a native North American climbing vine grown for decoration and erosion control.

Campsis radicans (L.) Bureau

Campsis radicans, the trumpet vine, is a vigorous climbing vine native to eastern North America with known toxic properties and cultivated varieties.

Catalpa bignonioides Walter

Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) is a deciduous ornamental North American tree with large leaves and showy white flowers.

Catalpa speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Warder ex Engelm.

Catalpa speciosa, or northern catalpa, is a deciduous tree cultivated as an ornamental and for fishing bait caterpillars.

Catophractes alexandri D.Don

Catophractes alexandri is the only species in genus Catophractes, a spiny shrub or small tree native to southern Africa with documented medicinal uses.

Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet

Chilopsis linearis is a desert-adapted flowering shrub or small tree cultivated for its showy blooms.

Crescentia alata Kunth

Crescentia alata Kunth is a small tree bearing hard unopenable fruit, an evolutionary anachronism now dispersed by domestic horses, cultivated for handicrafts.

Crescentia cujete L.

Crescentia cujete, the calabash tree, is a medium-sized neotropical Bignoniaceae tree and the national tree of St. Lucia.

Delostoma integrifolium D.Don

Delostoma integrifolium is a flowering Bignoniaceae species native to northwestern South America, used as a street tree in South American cities.

Dolichandra cynanchoides Cham.

Selected specimens of Dolichandra cynanchoides Cham. were examined from Argentina's Misiones and Brazil's Paraná, with details on collection locations, dates, collectors, and herbarium vouchers.

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G.Lohmann

Dolichandra unguis-cati is a climbing tropical liana, widely introduced as ornamental and invasive, with documented traditional medicinal uses.

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don

Jacaranda mimosifolia is a popular ornamental blue-flowered tree native to south-central South America, cultivated widely in warm regions globally.

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

Kigelia africana is an African tree widely used for timber, crafts, traditional practices, and grown as an ornamental.

Millingtonia hortensis L.fil.

Millingtonia hortensis L.fil. is a versatile night-blooming tree grown ornamentally and used for timber, cork substitute, and tobacco replacement.

Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis

Pandorea pandorana is an Australian woody climbing vine with cultural uses and popular ornamental use.

Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) L.O.Williams

Parmentiera aculeata is a small to medium tree native to Mexico to Nicaragua, grown ornamentally and for edible fruits and traditional medicine.

Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague

Podranea ricasoliana, the pink trumpet vine, is a tendril-less evergreen vining shrub native (likely) to southern Africa, now introduced widely.

Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers

Pyrostegia venusta is a vigorous climbing vine with clustered orange flowers, cultivated in warm regions and naturalized in three world areas.

Rhigozum obovatum Burch.

Karoo gold (Rhigozum obovatum) is a perennial Bignoniaceae shrub or tree native to southern Africa.

Roseodendron donnell-smithii (Rose) Miranda

Roseodendron donnell-smithii is a Central American and Mexican deciduous tree often grown as an ornamental, with abundant yellow flowers in its leafless season.

Spathodea campanulata Beauverd

Spathodea campanulata Beauverd is a tree that is native to Africa, invasive in many tropical regions, with water-holding flower buds used for play.

Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton

Tabebuia heterophylla (pink manjack) is a Caribbean ornamental tree grown for shade and its showy pink spring-summer blooms.

Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) Bertero ex A.DC.

Tabebuia rosea is a flowering neotropical tree widely planted ornamentally and used for traditional medicine.

Tecoma fulva (Cav.) G.Don

Tecoma fulva is a South American native flowering plant with six currently recognized subspecies, reclassified from earlier separate species.

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