Bignonia

Bignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Species have been recorded in a range extending from southern USA and Mexico to most of South America.

==Species== Species include: Bignonia binata Thunb. Bignonia bracteomana (K.Schum. ex Sprague) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia callistegioides Cham. Bignonia campanulata Cham. Bignonia capreolata L. Bignonia convolvuloides (Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia corymbosa (Vent.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia costata (Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia cuneata (Dugand) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia decora (S.Moore) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia diversifolia Kunth Bignonia hyacinthina (Standl.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia lilacina (A.H.Gentry) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia longiflora Cav. Bignonia magnifica W.Bull Bignonia microcalyx G.Mey. Bignonia neouliginosa L.G.Lohmann Bignonia nocturna (Barb.Rodr.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia noterophila Mart. ex DC. Bignonia phellosperma (Hemsl.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia potosina (K.Schum. & Loes.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia prieurei DC. Bignonia pterocalyx (Sprague ex Urb.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia ramantacea (Mart. ex DC.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia sciuripabula (K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia sordida (Bureau & K.Schum.) L.G.Lohmann Bignonia uleana (Kraenzl.) L.G.Lohmann