Tecoma

This article is about a specific genus. For other uses, see Tecoma (disambiguation).

Tecoma
Tecoma stans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Tecomeae
Genus: Tecoma
Juss. (1789)[1]
Species[2]

7; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Ducoudraea Bureau (1864)
  • Gelseminum Kuntze (1891), nom. illeg.
  • Kokoschkinia Turcz. (1849)
  • Stenolobium D.Don (1823)

Tecoma is a genus of seven species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae.[2] They are native to the Americas, ranging from the extreme southern United States through Central America and the Antilles south through Andean South America to northern Argentina. The generic name is derived from the Nahuatl word tecomaxochitl, which was applied by the indigenous peoples of Mexico to plants with tubular flowers.[3] Trumpetbush is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]

  1. ^ "Taxon: Tecoma Juss". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  2. ^ a b c Tecoma Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  3. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2637. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3.
  4. ^ NRCS. "Tecoma". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.