Directory of Bignoniaceae Resources

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This family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs, including a number of vigorous climbers, comprises 120 genera and 650 species. The leaves are generally compound and paired and the large, ornamental flowers are usually tubular, flaring out into gaping mouths. The trees are much planted in tropical countries as ornamentals, and some of the climbing species grown under glass in cooler regions.

Subcategories

• Adenocalymna
• Arrabidaea
• Bignonia
• Campsis
• Catalpa
• Chilopsis
• Clytostoma
• Crescentia
• Distictis
• Eccremocarpus
• Incarvillea
• Jacaranda
• Kigelia
• Macfadyena
• Mansoa
• Neomacfadya
• Pandorea
• Parmentiera
• Podranea
• Pyrostegia
• Saritaea
• Spathodea
• Stereospermum
• Tabebuia
• Tecoma
• Tecomanthe
• Tecomaria
• Tynanthus

Resources in This Category

• Bignoniaceae

  http://www.theseedsite.co.uk/bignoniaceae.html
  The characteristics of the Bignonia family which includes about 650 species.

• Bignoniaceae

  http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/bignonia.htm
  Botanical description of this family with technical details of Kigelia, Catalpa, Crescentia and Tecoma.

• The Bignoniaceae

  http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/bignoni.htm
  Description of members of this family which are mostly tropical trees or shrubs, with photographs of some.

 

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