The corollas are leathery, which resists shredding by the clawed wings of bats that visit and pollinate this species in its native habitat in tropical west africa. Bignoniaceae article about bignoniaceae by the free dictionary. Striking are the late flowering and seed pods in winter. The bignoniaceae family comprising of about 110 genera and 650 species is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the trumpet creeper family, jacaranda family, bignonia family, or the. Most of the bignoniaceae genera here are canopy lianas, with tendrils formed from modified leaflets. It contains about 112 genera and more than 725 species of trees, shrubs, and, most commonly, vines, chiefly of tropical america, tropical africa, and the indomalayan region.
Bignoniaceae synonyms, bignoniaceae pronunciation, bignoniaceae translation, english dictionary definition of bignoniaceae. The bignoniaceae is a large family of trees, treelets, lianas, shrubs, and herbs fischer et al. Some bignoniaceae are raised in the ussr as decorative plants, including lianas from the genera bignonia, tecomaria, and campsis and catalpa and paulownia trees. Bignoniaceae, jacaranda, section monolobos, section dilobos, wood anatomy, rays. Bignonia family bignoniaceae botanical characteristics. Biol 474 plant family descriptions university of alaska. This study confirms previous observations that calyx morphology as well as indumentum, wood anatomy, flower color, and fruit morphology have been important in defining the three groups of tabebuia in this clade dos santos and miller 1992. Some kenyan trumpet vine family species bignoniaceae. This catalpa is native to north america and it blooms in summer. The family is characterized by oppositely paired, usually bicompound leaves and bell or funnelshaped bisexual flowers.
Bessey placed the family in scrophulariales, the origin of which was traced from polemoniales boraginales. With young children, be sure to talk on their level so they will understand. Brainstorm ways to strengthen a certain trait in your family. The distribution of iridoids among the tribes of bignoniaceae is shown. Edis is the electronic data information source of ufifas extension, a collection of information on topics relevant to you. Bignoniaceae is allied to acanthaceae, pedaliaceae and scrophulariaceae.
Sus tallos son del tipo lenoso y sus hojas son compuestas por 2 o tres foliolos o pequenas hojas y con zarcillos. Development and characterization of estssr markers for. Plant predominently lianous, compound leaves, zygomorphic flowers, anthers connivent in pairs. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family bignoniaceae. Foliar epidermal studies in the family bignoniaceae juss. Information and translations of bignoniaceae in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
A list of all accepted names in bignoniaceae is available in csv format. A few more are herbaceous plants of highelevation montane habitats, in three exclusively herbaceous. A pharmacological evaluation of bignoniaceae family plants. Euphorbiaceae, spurge family of flowering plants order malpighiales, containing some 6,745 species in 218 genera.
Showing leaf of the family bignoniaceae in nigeria. Bignoniaceae, secondary metabolites, ornamental plants, ethno pharmacology 1. Notice the large, showy flowers, the 5lobed calyx and corolla, and the didynamous stamens. Nearly all of the bignoniaceae are woody plants, but a few are subwoody, either as vines or subshrubs. The plant list includes 3,681 scientific plant names of species rank for the family bignoniaceae. The tree amphitecna is unusual in having simple leaves, but the flowers of all bignoniaceae are distinctive. Bignoniaceae share a number of biochemical tendencies with verbenaceae, labiatae, scrophulariaceae and with several other families of wettsteins tubiflorae. Family plants and a description of bignoniaceae plants in folk medicinal uses in. Leaves opposite or rarely in whorls of 3 or 4, simple or more often pinnately compound with terminal leaflets sometimes modified into tendrils, sometimes palmately compound. Bignoniaceae a family of dicotyledonous plants, close to the family scrophulariaceae. The bignoniaceae having the greatest practical value are the south american calabash tree crescentia and species of the genus jacaranda, which yield the valuable rosewood.
The bignoniaceae are predominantly woody and include several genera of large trees and many genera of lianas. The bignoniaceae family gathers 82 genus and 827 species lohmann, ulloa, 2007, which are usually spontaneous tropical species in south america, including trees, vines, bushes and rarely herbs di stasi, 2002. The distribution of iridoids in bignoniaceae request pdf. This is a family of around 650 species in 120 genera, found mainly in the tropics, particularly south america.
Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled, simple or pinnately compound, rarely palmately compound, without stipules, climbers usually with tendrils modified sometimes into hooks or suckers. Some additional cultivated taxa not included in the key, are mentioned below. The individual phylogenetic analyses included nearly complete generic level sampling solanaceae 91%, bignoniaceae 85%, verbenaceae 97%, but sampling at the species level was only representative and ranged from 7. Family characteristics for plant families the following pages provide basic familiy characteristics for most of the families covered in the lab. The well known medicinally important members of this family are tecoma, catalpa, tabebuia and jacaranda, while other ornamental species have large spectacular flowers 12. Represented in pakistan by 3 native genera and frequently cultivated species.
Bignoniaceae are predominantly a neotropical family and are an important. The bignonia family has about 725 mostly tropical species worldwide, of which only four occur in our region. Most of their outstanding chemical characters were already mentioned and discussed in my, to which the reader is referred. This study of pollen morphology from 23 bignoniaceae species in brazilian forest fragments aimed to investigate new pollen characteristics of the family by light and scanning electron microscopy. The flowers feature a fivelobed calyx and corolla, two long and two short stamens arising from the corolla tube, and a pistil positioned on a disk above the attachment point of. Others are useful for their waxes and oils and as a source of medicinal drugs. Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order lamiales commonly known as the bignonias. Pick out one or two ideas and write out a simple plan of action that. Wettstein considered the family a little advanced over scrophulariaceae. Photographic images and information for a sampling of trumpet vine, bignoniaceae, plants from the east africa nation of kenya. Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order lamiales commonly known as the. Long and heavy fruits hang from the branches like so many sausages set to age. Remarkable flowers also that release scent at night.
Almost all the bignoniaceae lianas have 23 leaflets anemopaegma orbiculatum is an exception with five leaflets plus. Don is distributed in central and northern china, whereas c. Plants of the bignoniaceae usually produce large flowers, and many species are widely cultivated in china as ornamentals. These pages have been compiled from a combination of sources. Phylogeny and biogeography in solanaceae, verbenaceae and. For example, lapachol 6, a hydroxynaphthoquinone with antimalarial, antifungal, antibacterial, and anticancer activities, which is present in virtually all members of the bignoniaceae, was used as template for the synthetic. It is distributed in the tropics and forms an important part of the vegetation. The bignoniaceae have around 800 species mostly with showy flowers and are divided in eight tribes gentry 1980, 1992.
Rubiaceae, the madder family order gentianales of flowering plants, consisting of 611 genera with more than,150 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. Trees or shrubs or often woody climbers, rarely herbs. Vascular plant families and genera list of genera in. Familia bignoniaceae arboles y flores en republica dominicana. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. Bignoniaceae comprises 11 species of trees, and five of the 11 species in the genus originated in china. Olmstead department of biology, university of washington, box 355325, seattle, washington 98195 u. Introduction jacaranda jussieu is a neotropical genus in the family bignoniaceae with 49 species. Amapa mexico, cortez honduras, nicaragua, costa rica, guayacan panama, guayacan polvillo colombia, flor amarillo venezuela, greenhart surinam, madera. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. The family also includes the wellknown calabash crescentia, used as a water container in many tropical areas. Almost all the bignoniaceae lianas have 23 leaflets anemopaegma orbiculatum is an exception with five leaflets plus tendrils. Pdf an ethnomedicinal, pharmacological and phytochemical.
Opposite, compound leaves are characteristic of many species in the family. About the classification report about the classification download. Wellknown members include catalpa, jacaranda, and trumpet vine campsis radicans. Bignoniaceae definition is a family of trees, shrubs, woody vines, or occasionally herbs order polemoniales growing widely in the tropics, a few in temperate regions, and having opposite or occasionally alternate leaves and irregular showy flowers with 2 or 4 stamens. Bignoniaceae trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules. The indian bean originally comes from north america. For example, lapachol 6, a hydroxynaphthoquinone with antimalarial, antifungal, antibacterial, and anticancer activities, which is present in virtually all members of the bignoniaceae, was used as template for the synthetic antimalarial atovaquone 51, which is now a prescription drug. The family is an intimate domestic group made up of people related to one another by bonds of blood, sexual mating or legal ties. Pdf bignoniaceae a b s t r a c t the most recent classification of bignoniaceae recognized. It contains about 110 genera and more than 800 species of. Species of bignoniaceae contained within the plant list belong to 85 plant genera. Bignoniaceae ipe bethabara lapacho other common names. The vast majority of plants with opposite compound leaves in the tropics, and the only plants with opposite compound leaves and tendrils, belong to this family. In the present work, 18 species from the tribes bignonieae and tecomeae as well as one from eccremocarpeae have been.
Bignoniaceae definition of bignoniaceae by merriamwebster. Economically important species include coffee and numerous ornamental plants. Issn 23203862 ethnopharmacological potentialities of some. Most of the 600 neotropical species are lianas and indeed this is ecologically the most important liana family in the american tropics gentry 1991. The genus pandorea is in the family bignoniaceae in the major group angiosperms flowering plants.
Amphilophium kunth amphitecna miers anemopaegma mart. The most informative and diagnostic morphological characters were. Thawatchai santisuk2 trees, shrubs, or vines, climbers rarely herbs. Distinctive characteristics of jacaranda include a staminode that is longer than the stamens, 3colpate pollen, and a chromosome number of 18. It is the smallest and most basic social unit, which is also the most important primary group found in any society. Some are from pages developed by carolyn parker for the plant systematics course. It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related. Bignoniaceae, the trumpet creeper or catalpa family of the mint order of flowering plants lamiales. Winged seeds like those in the third photo also commonly occur in species of the family that have dehiscent fruit.
Bignoniaceae definition of bignoniaceae by the free dictionary. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. They form an important part of the tropical forest vegetation because of the. Bignoniaceae commonly called the trumpet vine or trumpet creeper family is a widespread family named after the genus bignonia. The well known medicinally important members of this family are tecoma, catalpa, tabebuia and jacaranda, while other.
Flora of the venezuelan guayana missouri botanical garden. Bignoniaceae article about bignoniaceae by the free. The family is distributed primarily in tropical areas of the world. Growth habit northern catalpa has a broadly columnar form. Pdf morphological phylogenetics of bignoniaceae juss. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Bignoniaceae or the trumpet creeper or catalpa family of the mint order of flowering plants. Tree size this catalpa is a vigorous grower reaching 60 feet in height at maturity with a 40foot spread. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information.
Nectary structure and nectar characteristics in some bignoniaceae. The bignoniaceae family comprising of about 110 genera and 650 species is. Taxonomic revisions in the polyphyletic genus tabebuia s. The plant family bignoniaceae has been shown to be one of the most promising sources of antimalarial compounds. Introduction bignoniaceae, is a family of trees, shrubs or lianas and rarely herbs watson and dallwitze, 1992 45. Family bignoniaceae noun the noun family bignoniaceae has 1 sense 1. Family bignoniaceae noun the noun family bignoniaceae has 1 sense. Bignoniaceae the bignonia family this is a family of around 650 species in 120 genera, found mainly in the tropics, particularly south america. Bignoniaceae definition of bignoniaceae by the free.
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