Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Tecoma

Family:

Bignoniaceae

Tribe:

Tecomeae

Nomen number:

80086

Place of publication:

Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1117. 1827

Verified:

05/01/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Bignonia capensis Thunb.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach subsp. capensis

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Reference(s)

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 Note: = Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:268.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: = 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. Note: = Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = 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
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

English
Cape-honeysuckle –
German
Kapgeißblatt –
Swedish
kaptrumpet –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique		s.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga
2	Cultivated					widely cult. in subtropics
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canarias
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico

Native
Africa

SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique (s.)
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa [Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]

Cultivated (widely cult. in subtropics)
Naturalized
Africa

Australasia

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Barbados, Cuba, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14, as Tecomaria capensis	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach