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bignonias

Bignonia

Bignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the catalpa family, Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.

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32 branches of this genus, most-observed first

cross vine

speciesBignonia capreolata

lavender trumpet vine

speciesBignonia callistegioides

Bignonia aequinoctialis

speciesBignonia aequinoctialis

Purple funnel vine

speciesBignonia magnifica

Bignonia corymbosa

speciesBignonia corymbosa

Bignonia potosina

speciesBignonia potosina

Bignonia longiflora

speciesBignonia longiflora

Bignonia diversifolia

speciesBignonia diversifolia

Bignonia noterophila

speciesBignonia noterophila

Bignonia sciuripabulum

speciesBignonia sciuripabulum

Bignonia nocturna

speciesBignonia nocturna

Bignonia ramentacea

speciesBignonia ramentacea

Bignonia binata

speciesBignonia binata

Bignonia neoheterophylla

speciesBignonia neoheterophylla

Bignonia sordida

speciesBignonia sordida

Bignonia prieurii

speciesBignonia prieurii

Bignonia campanulata

speciesBignonia campanulata

Bignonia hyacinthina

speciesBignonia hyacinthina

Bignonia phellosperma

speciesBignonia phellosperma

Bignonia bracteomana

speciesBignonia bracteomana

Bignonia cararensis

speciesBignonia cararensis

Bignonia lilacina

speciesBignonia lilacina

Bignonia costata

speciesBignonia costata

Bignonia cuneata

speciesBignonia cuneata

Bignonia decora

speciesBignonia decora

Bignonia microcalyx

speciesBignonia microcalyx

Bignonia neouliginosa

speciesBignonia neouliginosa

Bignonia pterocalyx

speciesBignonia pterocalyx

Bignonia sanctae-crucis

speciesBignonia sanctae-crucis

Bignonia convolvuloides

speciesBignonia convolvuloides

Bignonia uleana

speciesBignonia uleana

Bignonia ternata

speciesBignonia ternata

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

bignonias in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.143

bignonias in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.128

bignonias in Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan

Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan

Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.63

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67824.