A few more are herbaceous plants of highelevation montane habitats, in three exclusively herbaceous. Species of bignoniaceae contained within the plant list belong to 85 plant genera. Olmstead department of biology, university of washington, box 355325, seattle, washington 98195 u. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family bignoniaceae.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Determination of bignoniaceae of merida city venezuela through vegetative characters. Bignoniaceae or the trumpet creeper or catalpa family of the mint order of flowering plants. Most of the bignoniaceae genera here are canopy lianas, with tendrils formed from modified leaflets. It contains about 110 genera and more than 800 species of trees, shrubs, and, most commonly, vines, chiefly of tropical america, tropical africa, and the indomalayan region. Bignoniaceae definition of bignoniaceae by the free. Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled, simple or pinnately compound, rarely palmately compound, without stipules, climbers usually with tendrils modified sometimes into hooks or suckers. Abstract the bignoniaceae of merida was studied in order to make an. Bignoniaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled, simple or pinnately compound, rarely palmately compound, without stipules, climbers usually with. A list of all accepted names in bignoniaceae is available in csv format.
Nearly all of the bignoniaceae are woody plants, but a few are subwoody, either as vines or subshrubs. Familia bignoniaceae arboles y flores en republica. Inflorescencias en racimos o tirsos o a veces las flores son solitarias. It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related. Caractersticas morfolgicas inflorescencias en racimos o tirsos o a veces las flores son solitarias. They form an important part of the tropical forest vegetation because of the. Bignoniaceae trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Taxonomic revisions in the polyphyletic genus tabebuia s. The corollas are leathery, which resists shredding by the clawed wings of bats that visit and pollinate this species in its native habitat in tropical west africa. Plant predominently lianous, compound leaves, zygomorphic flowers, anthers connivent in pairs.
Bignoniaceae is presented, including descriptions of 24 genera and 39 species. Sin endosperma, aplanadas, aladas, con ala lateral o circular, hialina o laciniada. Sus tallos son del tipo lenoso y sus hojas son compuestas por 2 o tres foliolos o pequenas hojas y con zarcillos. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Pages in category bignoniaceae the following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. Flores apenas zigomorfas hasta subbilabiadas generalmente en inflorescencias cimosas. Bignoniaceae definition of bignoniaceae by merriamwebster. Bignoniaceae article about bignoniaceae by the free.
Bignoniaceae, the trumpet creeper or catalpa family of the mint order of flowering plants lamiales. Bignoniaceae definition is a family of trees, shrubs, woody vines, or occasionally herbs order polemoniales growing widely in the tropics, a few in temperate regions, and having opposite or occasionally alternate leaves and irregular showy flowers with 2 or 4 stamens. Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order lamiales commonly known as the bignonias. Notice the large, showy flowers, the 5lobed calyx and corolla, and the didynamous stamens. Almost all the bignoniaceae lianas have 23 leaflets anemopaegma orbiculatum is an exception with five leaflets plus. Pagina 3 5 capsula delgada y alargada, a menudo retorcida. The plant list includes 3,681 scientific plant names of species rank for the family bignoniaceae. Information and translations of bignoniaceae in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
William hemsley, 18021879 18081864 18091884 18111887 18121897 18221898 18261892 1851 agave berlandier, jean louis, bignoniaceae boundaries bush, isidor, cactaceae catalpa cereus comanche indians correspondence dasylirion discovery and exploration emory, william h engelmann, george, fagaceae leguminosae letters liliaceae lindheimer, ferdinand, lipan indians. A molecular phylogeny and classification of bignoniaceae. The vast majority of plants with opposite compound leaves in the tropics, and the only plants with opposite compound leaves and tendrils, belong to this family. It was found 8 genera and 12 species, 3 of them climbers and 9 arboreal. It contains about 112 genera and more than 725 species of trees, shrubs, and, most commonly, vines, chiefly of tropical america, tropical africa, and the indomalayan region. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. About the classification report about the classification download. The delimitation of bignoniaceae and scrophulariaceae based on floral anatomy, and the placement of problem genera. Asteridaescrophularialesbignoniaceae 576 bignoniaceae 1. Bignoniaceae synonyms, bignoniaceae pronunciation, bignoniaceae translation, english dictionary definition of bignoniaceae. This page was last edited on 8 december 2019, at 22.
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