PLANTS Profile for Tecoma capensis (Cape honeysuckle)

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PLANTS Profile

Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.
Cape honeysuckle

Symbol:

TECA8

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Bignoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

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Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

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Synonyms:
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

	BICA5	Bignonia capensis Thunb.
	TECA80	Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach

Distribution:
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

View 29 genera in Bignoniaceae, 3 species in Tecoma

Classification:
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Bignoniaceae – Trumpet-creeper family
Genus	Tecoma Juss. – trumpetbush
Species	Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. – Cape honeysuckle

Introduced Information:
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505435.

Time Generated: 10/12/2008 05:27 AM MDT