Tecoma stans

Tecoma stans

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Tribe:	Tecomeae
Genus:	Tecoma
Species:	T. stans
Binomial name
*Tecoma stans* (L.) Juss. ex Kunth
Synonyms^[1]
Bignonia frutescens Mill. Synonym Bignonia incisa DC. [Invalid] Synonym Bignonia sorbifolia Salisb. Synonym Bignonia stans L. Synonym Bignonia tecoma Wehmer Synonym Bignonia tecomoides DC. Synonym Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze Synonym Stenolobium incisum Rose & Standl. Synonym Stenolobium quinquejugum Loes. Synonym Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem. Synonym Stenolobium stans var. apiifolium (DC.) Seem. Synonym Stenolobium stans var. multijugum R.E.Fr. Synonym Stenolobium stans var. pinnatum Seem. Synonym Stenolobium tronadora Loes. Synonym Tecoma incisa (Rose & Standl.) I.M.Johnst. Synonym Tecoma molle Kunth Synonym Tecoma stans var. angustatum Rehder Synonym Tecoma stans var. apiifolia DC. Synonym Tecoma stans var. stans Synonym Tecoma tronadora (Loes.) I.M.Johnst. Synonym Tecoma velutina Lindl. Synonym

Tecoma stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include yellow trumpetbush,^[2] yellow bells,^[2] yellow elder,^[2] ginger-thomas. Tecoma stans is the official flower of the United States Virgin Islands and the floral emblem of the Bahamas.

Description

Yellow trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental. It has sharply toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers. It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.^[3] The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock. Yellow trumpetbush is a ruderal species, readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy, and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed.

References

↑ theplantlist.org
1 2 3 "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
↑ For example th sapphire-spangled emerald (Amazilia lactea) in Brazil (Baza Mendonça & dos Anjos 2005)

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