Taxon: Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth

See also subordinate taxa:

• Tecoma stans var. stans (no accessions)
• Tecoma stans var. velutina (no accessions)

Common names:

• trumpet-flower   (Source: Websters Dict [as Stenolobium stans]) – English
  
• trumpetbush   (Source: Websters Dict [as Stenolobium stans]) – English
  
• yellow trumpetbush   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• yellow-bells   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• yellow-elder   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• geelklokkies   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• bignonia-amarela   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• guarã-guarã   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• ipê-amarelo-de-jardim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• ipezinho-de-jardim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• sinos-amarelos   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [s.], Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.]
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua; Bahamas; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Netherlands Antilles - Curacao, Saba; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad; Virgin Islands (British) - Tortola; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.w.]

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania
  Southern Africa: South Africa; Swaziland
  Western Indian Ocean: Mayotte; Reunion
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Guam; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; Palau
  South-Central Pacific: Cook Islands; French Polynesia
  Southwestern Pacific: New Caledonia; Samoa; Tonga

• also cultivated

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):285.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:439.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Reitz, R., ed. 1965–. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= Stenolobium stans].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tecoma stans.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tecoma stans.

Synonyms:

• Bignonia stans L. [≡ Tecoma stans var. stans]
  
• Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem. [≡ Tecoma stans var. stans]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Tecoma mollis Kunth [= Tecoma stans var. velutina]
  
• Tecoma sorbifolia Kunth [= Tecoma stans var. velutina]
  

Check other web resources for Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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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