Bignoniaceae

Spathodea P.Beauv.

First published in Fl. Oware 1: 46 (1805)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda and Angola. It is a tree.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Madeira, Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Burger, W. & Gentry, A.H. (2000). Bignoniaceae. Fieldiana Botany New Series, n.s., 41: 77-160. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Fischer, E., Theisen, I. & Lohmann, L.G. in Kubitkzki, K. (ed.) (2004). Bignoniaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 7: 9-38. Springer.
  • Gentry, A. H. (1985). Bignoniaceae. Flore du Gabon 27: 19-56. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Gentry, A.H (1992). Bignoniaceae-Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 25(II): 1-370.
  • Lohmann, L.G. in Lohmann, L. G. (2006). Personal Communication on Bignoniaceae 1. Review Jan-Feb/2006 Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 4, 2: 528.
  • Fl. Oware. 1: 46 (1805)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Fl. Owar. 1: 46 (1805);
  • Proc. XIIIth Plenary Meeting A.E.T.F.A.T. Malawi 1: 327–331 (1994)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6517] India K001124092 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6517] K001124093 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0