Tecoma

This article is about a specific genus. For other uses, see Tecoma (disambiguation).

Tecoma
Tecoma stans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Tecomeae
Genus:	Tecoma Juss. (1789) [1]
Species [2]
7; see text
Synonyms [2]
DucoudraeaBureau (1864) GelseminumKuntze (1891), nom. illeg. KokoschkiniaTurcz. (1849) StenolobiumD.Don (1823)

Tecoma is a genus of seven species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae. ^[2] They are native to the Americas, ranging from the extreme southern United States through Central America and the Antilles south through Andean South America to northern Argentina. The generic name is derived from the Nahuatl word tecomaxochitl, which was applied by the indigenous peoples of Mexico to plants with tubular flowers. ^[3] Trumpetbush is a common name for plants in this genus. ^[4]

Species

Image	Name	Subspecies	Distribution
	Tecoma beckii J.R.I.Wood		Bolivia
	Tecoma castanifolia (D.Don) Melch.– Chestnutleaf trumpetbush		Ecuador, Peru
	Tecoma fulva (Cavanilles) D.Don	Tecoma fulva subsp. fulva Tecoma fulva subsp. altoandina J. R. I. Wood (Bolivia) Tecoma fulva subsp. arequipensis (Sprague) J.R.I.Wood Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha (Hieron.) J.R.I.Wood Tecoma fulva subsp. guarume (DC.) J.R.I.Wood Tecoma fulva subsp. tanaeciiflora (Kraenzl.) J.R.I.Wood	Bolivia
	Tecoma rosifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth		Peru, Bolivia
	Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth– Yellow trumpetbush	Tecoma stans var. stans Tecoma stans var. sambucifolia Tecoma stans var. velutinaDC.	Americas
	Tecoma tenuiflora (DC.) Fabris		Bolivia and Argentina
	Tecoma weberbaueriana (Kränzlin) Melchior [5] [6]		Peru, Ecuador

Hybrids and cultivars

• Tecoma × smithii W. Watson

Formerly placed here

• Campsidium valdivianum (Phil.) Skottsb. (as T. valdivianaPhil.)
• Campsis × tagliabuana (Vis.) Rehder (as T. tagliabuanaVis.)
• Handroanthus albus (as T. albaCham.)
• Handroanthus impetiginosus (as T. impetiginosaMart. ex DC.)
• Handroanthus chrysotrichus (syn. Tabebuia chrysotricha, as T. chrysotrichusMart. ex DC.)
• Pandorea jasminoides (Lindl.) K.Schum. (as T. jasminoidesLindl.)
• Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis (as T. australisR.Br. or T. pandorana(Andrews) Skeels)
• Paratecoma peroba (Record & Mell) Kuhlm. (as T. perobaRecord & Mell)
• Podranea brycei (N.E.Br.) Sprague (as T. bryceiN.E.Br.)
• Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague (as T. mackenii W.Watson or T. ricasolianaTanfani)
• Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Moore (as T. argenteaBureau & K.Schum. or T. caraibaMart.)
• Tabebuia bahamensis (Northr.) Britton (as T. bahamensisNorthr.)
• Tabebuia berteroi (DC.) Britton (as T. berteroiDC.)
• Tabebuia chrysantha subsp. meridionalis A.H.Gentry (as T. spectabilisPlanch. & Linden)
• Tabebuia guayacan (Seem.) Hemsl. (as T. guayacanSeem.)
• Tabebuia heptaphylla (Vell.) Toledo (as T. ipeMart. ex K.Schum.)
• Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton (as T. leucoxylon(L.) Mart. ex DC. or T. pentaphyllaJuss. ex DC.)
• Tabebuia ochracea subsp. heterotricha (DC.) A.H.Gentry) (as T. heterotrichaDC.)
• Tabebuia ochracea subsp. ochracea (as T. ochraceaCham.)
• Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC. (as T. roseaBertol.)
• Tabebuia serratifolia (Vahl) G.Nicholson (as T. serratifolia(Vahl) G.Don)
• Tecomanthe dendrophila (Blume) K.Schum. (as T. dendrophilaBlume)
• Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach (as T. capensis(Thunb.) Lindl.)
• Tecomaria nyassae (Oliv.) Baill. (as T. nyassaeOliv.)
• Tecomella undulata (Sm.) Seem. (as T. undulata(Sm.) G.Don) ^[6]

References

1. "Taxon: Tecoma Juss". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-02-09. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
2. Tecoma Juss. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 12 October 2023.
3. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2637. ISBN   978-0-8493-2678-3.
4. NRCS. "Tecoma". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
5. "Tecoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2010-03-07.
6. "GRIN Species Records of Tecoma". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-02-18.