Tecoma


Tecoma is a genus of 10 species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae. Twelve species are from the Americas, while the other two species are African. The American species range 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 capensis Lindl. - Cape honeysuckleSouthern Africa
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 nyassae Oliv.Eastern Africa
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