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Distictis buccinatoria (Bignonia cherere)

[=Phaedranthus buccinatorius]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Bignoniaceae

Native to Mexico. Cultivated in gardens in southern Africa.

Distictis buccinatoria  hanging over wall of Company Gardens, Cape Town. [photo: H. Robertson, Iziko ©]