Taxon: Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Cape-honeysuckle   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• Kapgeißblatt   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• kaptrumpet   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14, as Tecomaria capensis)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique [s.]
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga; Swaziland

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Barbados; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico

• widely cultivated in subtropics

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. [= Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach].
• Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:268. [accepts].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. [= Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach].
• Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):277–278.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. [= Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [= Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach].
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tecoma capensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tecoma capensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tecoma capensis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Bignonia capensis Thunb. (basionym)
  
• (≡) Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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