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Bignonia stans

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Name

Identification
Bignonia stans L. [family BIGNONIACEAE ] (stored under name); Tecoma stans (L.) Kunth [family BIGNONIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Tecoma stans
  • Bignonia stans

Flora

Entry for Tecoma stans var. stans [family BIGNONIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2006) Author: SALLY BIDGOOD, BERNARD VERDCOURT & KAJ VOLLESEN
Names
Tecoma stans var. stans [family BIGNONIACEAE], ;
Bignonia stans L. [family BIGNONIACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 871 (1763)
Information
Leaflets glabrous or with sparse pubescence on midvein beneath and sparsely puberulous on surface beneath.Fig. 6.1–6.4, p. 27.
Range
DISTR. K 1, 2, 4; T 1, 4, 5 native of America from Florida to Argentina, Bolivia and Peru and West Indies, now cultivated widely and often naturalised
Altitude range
750–1900 m
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier District Mathews Range, 22 Dec. 1976, Ichikawa 283!KENYA Turkana District Kacheliba, Dec. 1956, Wilson 322!KENYA Nairobi District Nairobi, near Thika Road House, 10 Dec. 1950, Verdcourt 397A!TANZANIA Shinyanga District Old Shinyanga, 25 Mar. 1953, Welch 187!TANZANIA Kigoma District Kigoma, beach of Lake Tanganyika, 8 Mar. 1964, Pirozynski 539!TANZANIA Dodoma District Bereko, 28 Mar. 1974, Richards & Arasululu 29073!
Notes
T. stans (L.) Kunth var. stans ‘Yellow elder’ is one of the most widely grown species of the family and has become naturalised in many parts of the world. Only material is cited which has a fairly clear indication of naturalisation; some of that previously cited as cultivated could be from naturalised populations. It is widely grown in East Africa, e.g. Uganda: Mengo District: Kampala, Makerere University Hill, 5 May 1971, Lye 6007!. Kenya: Naivasha District: Lake Naivasha, 26 Nov. 1963, E. Polhill 40A; Nairobi District: Closeburn Nurseries, 6 June 1952, Grahame Bell 16 & 23 Nov. 1961, Grahame Bell H 310/61!. Tanzania: Shinyanga, Nov. 1938, Koritschoner 1806; Lushoto District: Amani, 19 Mar. 1973, Ruffo 604; Kigoma, 8 March 1964, Pirozynski 539; Zanzibar, 1927, Toms 30M!. There are many intermediates with var. velutina but typical specimens are distinctive.

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