Botanical Family · Lamiales
Bignoniaceae
Trumpet vine family
36 speciesOrder Lamiales8+ well-known plants
A family of trees, shrubs, and climbers famous for their spectacular trumpet-shaped flowers. Includes the Jacaranda (purple bloom), Spathodea (African tulip), Tecoma, and Catalpa. Many are valued ornamental street trees; most are tropical or subtropical.
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How to recognise the Bignoniaceae family
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Large showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers
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Opposite pinnate or palmate leaves
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Long capsule fruit; winged seeds
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Chinese Trumpet CreeperCampsis grandifloraChinese Trumpet VineCampsis radicansLavender Trumpet VineClytostoma callistegioidesKalebas, HuingoCrescentia cujeteCat's ClawDolichandra unguis-catiSpathe Trumpet TreeDolichandrone atrovirensMedhshingiDolichandrone falcata var. falcataGolden Trumpet-TreeHandroanthus chrysanthus subsp. meridionalis
All 36 species in BIGNONIACEAE
- Chinese Trumpet CreeperCampsis grandiflora
- Chinese Trumpet VineCampsis radicans
- Lavender Trumpet VineClytostoma callistegioides
- Kalebas, HuingoCrescentia cujete
- Cat's ClawDolichandra unguis-cati
- Spathe Trumpet TreeDolichandrone atrovirens
- MedhshingiDolichandrone falcata var. falcata
- Golden Trumpet-TreeHandroanthus chrysanthus subsp. meridionalis
- Golden Trumpet TreeHandroanthus chrysotrichus
- Pink Trumpet TreeHandroanthus impetiginosus
- WarasHeterophragma quadriloculare
- Mimosa-Leaved Jacaranda, JacarandaJacaranda mimosifolia
- Common Sauceage TreeKigelia africana
- Catclaw VineMacfadyena unguis-cati
- Garlic VineMansoa alliacea
- SialaMarkhamia lutea
- Indian Cork Tree, Tree Jasmine, Akash NeemMillingtonia hortensis
- Broken Bones Tree, Indian Calosanthes, Midnight Horror, Indian Trumpet Flowet, Tree Of DamoclesOroxylum indicum
- PajaneliaPajanelia longifolia
- Candle TreeParmentiera cereifera
- Port St. John's CreeperPodranea ricasoliana
- Flame Showers, Golden Shower, Flame Vine, Orange Trumpet Vine, Hua Pala VinePyrostegia venusta
- Padri TreeRadermachera xylocarpa
- PrimaveraRoseodendron donnell-smithii
- Glowvine, Purple Bignonia, SaritaeaSaritaea magnifica
- Scarlet-Bell Tree, Fountain Tree, African Tulip TreeSpathodea campanulata
- Caribbean Trumpet TreeTabebuia argentea
- Yellow Trumpet-TreeTabebuia aurea
- Pink Trumpet-TreeTabebuia heterophylla
- Trumpet Tree, Rose TrumpetTabebuia rosea
- Chestnutleaf TrumpetbushTecoma castanifolia
- CahuatoTecoma fulva
- Yellow Bells, Trumpet-Flower, Yellow ElderTecoma stans
- The Cape-Honey Suckle, Salmon TecomariaTecomaria capensis
- Markhamia platycalyx
- Stereospermum suaveolens
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