''Bignonia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants t ...
s in the family
Bignoniaceae
Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpetvines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Book ...
. Its genus and family were named after
Jean-Paul Bignon
The Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon, Cong.Orat. (19 September 1662, Paris – 14 March 1743, Île Belle) was a French ecclesiastic, statesman, writer and preacher and librarian to Louis XIV of France. His protégé, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, named t ...
by his protégé
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 165628 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Botanist Charles Plumier was his pupil and accompanied him on his voyages.
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in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, ...
. Species have been recorded from the southern USA, Central to most of South America.
Species
Species include:
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Bignonia binata''
Thunb.
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Bignonia bracteomana''
(K.Schum. ex Sprague) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia callistegioides''
Cham.
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Bignonia campanulata''
Cham.
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Bignonia capreolata
''Bignonia capreolata'' is a vine commonly referred to as crossvine. The common name refers to the cross-shaped pattern revealed when the stem is cut; this pattern results from four radial wedges of phloem embedded within the stem's xylem. It i ...
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L.
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Bignonia convolvuloides''
(Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia corymbosa''
(Vent.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia costata''
(Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia cuneata''
(Dugand) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia decora
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 165628 December 1708) was a Frenc ...
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(S.Moore) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia diversifolia''
Kunth
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Bignonia hyacinthina''
(Standl.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia lilacina''
(A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia longiflora
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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Cav.
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Bignonia magnifica
''Bignonia magnifica'', known as glowvine, is a species in the trumpet-vine family, Bignoniaceae. Originally described in the genus ''Bignonia'' in 1879, it was later transferred to the Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus ''Saritaea'' as the sole sp ...
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W.Bull
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Bignonia microcalyx
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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G.Mey.
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Bignonia neouliginosa
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia nocturna
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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(Barb.Rodr.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia noterophila''
Mart. ex DC.
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Bignonia phellosperma
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomen ...
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(Hemsl.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia potosina
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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(K.Schum. & Loes.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia prieurei
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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DC.
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Bignonia pterocalyx
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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(Sprague ex Urb.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia ramantacea
''Bignonia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenc ...
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(Mart. ex DC.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia sciuripabula''
(K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia sordida''
(Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann
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Bignonia uleana''
(Kraenzl.) L.G.Lohmann
References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q794756
Bignoniaceae genera
Taxa named by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort