Bignoniaceae
Tourrettia

Tourrettia lappacea (L'Hér.) Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 263 (1800)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to NW Argentina. It is a climber and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 800 - 2600 m.; Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Morphology General Habit
Trepadora
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Bignoniaceae, Sally Bidgood, Bernard Verdcourt, Kaj Vollesen. Cobaeaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2006

Morphology General Habit
Annual creeper.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves with two pinnae each pedately 5-foliolate or trifoliolate with a branched tendril between.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets ovate, 3–8 × 1.5–5 cm, acute, conspicuously toothed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences subspicate, the pedicels very short with scarlet bracts; terminal flowers mostly sterile with bright red calyces.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx of fertile flowers 1.3–1.5 cm long, deeply bipartite.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla purple or green, tubular, 1.6–1.8 cm long, tube ± 1 cm long, the lobes fused to form a lip 6–8 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit ± woody, ovoid, 3–3.5 × 1.7 cm, densely covered with hooked bristles.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds flat, 6–7 × 5–5 mm.
Note
Native of Central America and Western South America. Has presumably been grown in Kenya but no material has been seen.
[FTEA]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 800–2600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cauca, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Putumayo, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Climbing.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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