Bignonia

For other uses, see Bignonia (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Begonia.

Bignonia
Bignonia grandifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Bignonieae
Genus: Bignonia
L. nom. cons.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Anisostichus Bureau
  • Clytostoma Miers ex Bureau
  • Clytostomanthus Pichon
  • Cydista Miers
  • Levya Bureau ex Baill.
  • Macranthisiphon Bureau ex K.Schum.
  • Micropaegma Pichon
  • Mussatia Bureau ex Baill.
  • Osmhydrophora Barb.Rodr.
  • Phryganocydia Mart. ex Bureau
  • Phrygiobureaua Kuntze
  • Pongelia Raf.
  • Potamoganos Sandwith
  • Roentgenia Urb.
  • Saritaea Dugand
  • Temnocydia Mart. ex DC.

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 nomenclature in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Species have been recorded from the southern USA, Central to most of South America.[3]

  1. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  2. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Bignonia L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-11-16.