Bignoniaceae
Bignonia

Bignonia aequinoctialis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 623 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Marianas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Lohmann, L.G. & Taylor, C.M. (2014). A new generic classifiaction of tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 99: 348-489.
  • Lohmann, L.G. (2006). Manuscript on a new generic classification of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data and morphological synapomorphies.
  • Rodrigues Furtado, M.N., de Souza Secco, R. & Sousa Rocha, A.E. (2012). Sinopse das espécies de Lamiales Bromhead ocorrentes nas restingas do estado do Pará, Brasil. Hoehnea 39: 529-547.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Gentry, A.H. (1977). Bignoniaceae. Flora of Ecuador 7: 1-172. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm. [Cited as Cydista aequinoctialis.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Cydista aequinoctiatis.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Lohmann, L.G. (2006). Manuscript on a new generic classification of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data and morphological synapomorphies.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 15, 2013 Brazil K000990795 No
Nov 15, 2013 Brazil K000990789 No
Nov 8, 2013 Brazil K000990299 No
Nov 8, 2013 Brazil K000990298 No
Nov 1, 2013 Brazil K000977969 No
Jan 1, 1993 Kukle, P.; Boom, B. [60] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990767 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Kukle, P.; Boom, B. [60] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990768 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Cid Ferreira, C.A. [5139] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990763 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Prance, G.T. [29875] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990825 Yes
Jan 1, 1985 Daly, D.C.; Cardoso, R. [3918] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990826 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Silva, A.S.; Berg, C.C.; Nelson, B.W.; Henderson, A.J.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, M.R. [102] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990766 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Berg, C.C.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Monteiro, O.P.; Lima, J.F. [18679] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990769 Yes
Jan 13, 1969 Silva, N.T. [1619] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990791 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Egler, W.A.; Pires, J.M. [47765] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990804 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [50492] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990803 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Irwin, H.S. [48790] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990809 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Irwin, H.S.; Egler, W.A.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47425] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990806 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [48056] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990805 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Irwin, H.S.; Pires, J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [47575] French Guiana Cydista aequinoctialis K000990807 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Pires, J.M.; Rodrigues, W.; Irvine, G.C. [50872] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990802 Yes
Sep 6, 1962 Egler, W.A.; Irwin, H.S. [46031] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990808 Yes
Mar 22, 1959 Cavalcante, P.B. [444] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990777 Yes
Aug 11, 1952 Black, G.A. [2937] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990778 Yes
Jan 1, 1933 Kuhlmann, J.G. [810] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990785 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Silva, N.T. [1335] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990782 Yes
Silva, N.T. [933] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990794 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [32347] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990770 Yes
Black, G.A.; Pires, J.M.; Lima, D. [16530] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990797 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; Ferreira, A. [10760] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990814 Yes
Rosa, N.A.; Bahia, R.P.; Santos, J.C.; Branco, O.C. [4533] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990764 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6945] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990820 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [32537] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990771 Yes
Philcox, D.; Fereira, A.; Bertoldo, J. [3327] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990813 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [28509] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990798 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [1839] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990801 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4942] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990816 Yes
Fróes, R.L. [32729] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990776 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Cydista aequinoctialis K000990783 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [4942] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990815 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [8837] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990817 Yes
s.coll. [1571] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990786 Yes
Cavalcante, P.B. [869] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990773 Yes
Huber, J.E. [s.n.] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990774 Yes
Spruce, R. [1571] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990790 Yes
Spruce, R. [1571] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990787 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7068] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990819 Yes
Fróes, R.L.; Black, G.A. [24517] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990781 Yes
Costa, R.C.M. [181] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990780 Yes
Ducke, A. [s.n.] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990775 Yes
Onishi, E.; Fonsêca, S.G. [500] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990811 Yes
Spruce, R. [3007] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990795 Yes
Fróes, R.L.; Krukoff, B.A. [1784] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990799 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [48789] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990810 Yes
Fróes, R.L.; Krukoff, B.A. [1839] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990800 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [7947] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990796 Yes
Burchell [9912] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990793 Yes
Burchell [9912] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990792 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7068] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990821 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Souza, R.; Castro, R.; Ferreira, A. [10780] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990812 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990772 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990784 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Milliken, W. [6116] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990765 Yes
Spruce, R. [150] Cydista aequinoctialis K000990788 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [6482] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990818 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [655] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990789 Yes
Fróes, R.L.; Black, G.A. [24633] Brazil Cydista aequinoctialis K000990779 Yes

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