The Family Bignoniaceae, or trumpet creeper family, is a taxon of flowering plants comprised mainly of trees, shrubs, lianas, and a few herbs. Family members are widespread, in both Old World and New World, distributed mostly in the tropics and subtropics, but with a number of temperate species as well. The family includes about 650 species in 110 genera. Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... A liana is woody climber. ... A herb (pronounced hurb in Commonwealth English and urb in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus: Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia) and the surrounding islands. ... Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... The subtropics (also known as semitropics) are the geographic regions of the Earth immediately north and south, respectively, of the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn - i. ...

Notable species

• Catalpa trees (Catalpa)
• Tabebuia trees (Tabebuia) - West Indian boxwood, poui, tecomas, etc
• Trumpet vine (Campsis)
• African tulip tree (Spathodea)

Species 11 species, including: Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa bungei Catalpa fargesii Catalpa longissima Catalpa ovata Catalpa punctata Catalpa speciosa Catalpa tibetica Catalpa (Catalpa), also spelled Catawba, is a genus of mostly deciduous trees of the United States, West Indies, and east Asia, in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. ... Species About 100 species; see text Tabebuia is a Neotropical genus of about 100 species of large shrubs and trees in the tribe Tecomeae of the family Bignoniaceae. ... Binomial name Campsis radicans Seem. ...

Genera

Adenocalymna
Amphilophium
Amphitecna
Anemopaegma
Argylia
Arrabidaea
Astianthus
Barnettia
Bignonia
Callichlamys
Campsidium
Campsis
Catalpa
Catophractes
Ceratophytum
Chilopsis
Clytostoma
Colea
Crescentia
Cuspidaria
Cybistax
Delostoma
Deplanchea
Digomphia
Dinklageodoxa
Distictella
Distictis
Dolichandra
Dolichandrone
Eccremocarpus
Ekmanianthe
Fernandoa
Fridericia
Gardnerodoxa
Glaziova
Godmania
Haplolophium
Haplophragma
Heterophragma
Hieris
Incarvillea
Jacaranda
Kigelia
Lamiodendron
Leucocalantha
Lundia
Macfadyena
Macranthisiphon
Manaosella
Mansoa
Markhamia
Martinella
Melloa
Memora
Millingtonia
Mussatia
Neojobertia
Neosepicaea
Newbouldia
Nyctcalos
Ophiocolea
Oroxylum
Pajanelia
Pandorea
Parabiognonia
Paragonia
Paratecoma
Parmentiera
Pauldopia
Perianthomega
Periarrabidaea
Perichlaena
Phryganocydia
Phyllarthron
Phylloctenium
Piriadacus
Pithecoctenium
Pleionotoma
Podranea
Potamoganos
Pseudocatalpa
Pyrostegia
Radermachera
Rhigozum
Rhodocolea
Roentgenia
Romeroa
Saritaea
Sparattosperma
Spathicalyx
Spathodea
Sphingiphila
Spirotecoma
Stereospermum
Stizophyllum
Tabebuia
Tanaecium
Tecoma
Tecomanthe
Tecomella
Tourrettia
Tynanthus
Urbanolophium
Xylophragma
Zeyheria Genera See text The Family Bignoniaceae, or trumpet creeper family, is a taxon of flowering plants comprised mainly of trees, shrubs, lianas, and a few herbs. ... Species Campsis radicans Campsis grandiflora Campsis is genus of two species of plants, both vines with large flowers. ... Species 11 species, including: Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa bungei Catalpa fargesii Catalpa longissima Catalpa ovata Catalpa punctata Catalpa speciosa Catalpa tibetica Catalpa (Catalpa), also spelled Catawba, is a genus of mostly deciduous trees of the United States, West Indies, and east Asia, in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. ... Binomial name Chilopsis linearis (Cav. ... Genera See text Incarvillea is plant genus of the family Bignoniaceae. ... Species about 50, including: Jacaranda acutifolia Jacaranda arborea Jacaranda caerulea Jacaranda caroba Jacaranda caucana Jacaranda copaia Jacaranda glabra Jacaranda mimosifolia Jacaranda obtusifolia Jacaranda praetermissa Jacaranda sparrei Jacaranda is a neotropical genus in the family Bignoniaceae. ... Binomial name Kigelia africana (or) Kigelia pinnata (Lam. ... Mansôa is a town located in the Oio Region of Guinea-Bissau. ... Species P. baileyana P. jasminoides P. pandorana et. ... Species About 15, including: Radermachera gigantea Radermachera glandulosa Radermachera pentandra Radermachera pinnata Radermachera sinica Radermachera xylocarpa Radermachera is a genus of about 15 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southeast Asia. ... Binomial name Spathodea campanulata P. Beauv Spathodea is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae. ... Species About 100 species; see text Tabebuia is a Neotropical genus of about 100 species of large shrubs and trees in the tribe Tecomeae of the family Bignoniaceae. ... Species See text Tecoma is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the Bignoniaceae. ...

References

• Gentry, A. H. 1980. Flora Neotropica: Bignoniaceae - Part II

External links

• Bignoniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com