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Genus: Tecoma
[= Tecomaria] Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Bignoniaceae
There are about 13 species, of which 12 occur
in the neotropics. The remaining one, Tecoma capensis (Cape
Honeysuckle) is found in southern Africa, from Limpopo down to the Eastern
Cape. It is also widely grown as a garden plant. One species is
naturalised in southern Africa, and another five species are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Tecoma castanifolia
Native to Ecuador.
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Tecoma garrocha (Garrocha)
Native from Bolivia to Argentina.
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Tecoma guarume (Cahuato)
[= Tecoma alata]
Native to Peru.
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Tecoma nyassae
[= Tecomaria nyassae]
Native to tropical Africa.
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Tecoma tenuifolia
Native to Bolivia and Argentina.
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