Family

Bignoniaceae

67 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Bignoniaceae

cross vine

Bignonia capreolata L.

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

American trumpet vine

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.

southern catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides Walter

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

northern catalpa

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.

trumpet thorn

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.

desert willow

Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet

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

Winged Calabash

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.

Calabash Tree

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.

Catclaw vine

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.

blue jacaranda

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.

Sausage tree

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

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

Indian Cork Tree

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.

wonga vine

Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis

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

cuachilote

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.

Pink Trumpet Vine

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.

Flame vine

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.

Karoo Gold

Rhigozum obovatum Burch.

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

Primavera

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.