Tecoma


Tecoma is a genus of seven species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae. 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. Trumpetbush is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species

ImageNameSubspeciesDistribution
Tecoma beckii J.R.I.WoodBolivia
Tecoma castanifolia Melch. - Chestnutleaf trumpetbushEcuador, Peru
Tecoma fulva D.Don
  • Tecoma fulva subsp. fulva
  • Tecoma fulva subsp. altoandina J. R. I. Wood
  • Tecoma fulva subsp. arequipensis J.R.I.Wood
  • Tecoma fulva subsp. garrocha J.R.I.Wood
  • Tecoma fulva subsp. guarume J.R.I.Wood
  • Tecoma fulva subsp. tanaeciiflora J.R.I.Wood
Bolivia
Tecoma rosifolia Humboldt, Bonpland & KunthPeru, Bolivia
Tecoma stans Juss. ex Kunth - Yellow trumpetbush
  • Tecoma stans var. stans
  • Tecoma stans var. sambucifolia
  • Tecoma stans var. velutina DC.
  • Americas
    Tecoma tenuiflora FabrisBolivia and Argentina
    Tecoma weberbaueriana MelchiorPeru, Ecuador

    Hybrids and cultivars

  • Tecoma × smithii W. Watson

    Formerly placed here

  • Campsidium valdivianum Skottsb.
  • Campsis × tagliabuana Rehder
  • Handroanthus albus
  • Handroanthus impetiginosus
  • Handroanthus chrysotrichus
  • Pandorea jasminoides K.Schum.
  • Pandorea pandorana Steenis
  • Paratecoma peroba Kuhlm.
  • Podranea brycei Sprague
  • Podranea ricasoliana Sprague
  • Tabebuia aurea Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Moore
  • Tabebuia bahamensis Britton
  • Tabebuia berteroi Britton
  • Tabebuia chrysantha subsp. meridionalis A.H.Gentry
  • Tabebuia guayacan Hemsl.
  • Tabebuia heptaphylla Toledo
  • Tabebuia heterophylla Britton
  • Tabebuia ochracea subsp. heterotricha
  • Tabebuia ochracea subsp. ochracea
  • Tabebuia rosea DC.
  • Tabebuia serratifolia G.Nicholson
  • Tecomanthe dendrophila K.Schum.
  • Tecomaria capensis
  • Tecomaria nyassae
  • Tecomella undulata Seem.