Bignonia aequinoctialis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Bignonieae
Genus: Bignonia
Species: Bignonia aequinoctialis
Name

Bignonia aequinoctialis L., Sp. Pl. 623. 1753.
Synonyms

Homotypic

Cydista aequinoctialis (L.) Miers

Heterotypic

Anemopaegma tonduzianum Kraenzl.
Arrabidaea guatemalensis K. Schum. & Loes.
Arrabidaea isthmica Standl.
Arrabidaea pseudochica Kraenzl.
Bignonia aequinoctialis f. spectabilis (Vahl) Voss
Bignonia aequinoctialis var. spectabilis (Vahl) DC.
Bignonia hostmannii E. Mey.
Bignonia incarnata Aubl.
Bignonia incarnata var. caribaea DC.
Bignonia nitidissima DC.
Bignonia picta Kunth
Bignonia pilosa A. Dietr. ex Steud.
Bignonia sarmentosa Bertol.
Bignonia sarmentosa var. hirtella Benth.
Bignonia spectabilis Vahl
Bignonia villosa Vahl
Cydista aequinoctialis var. hirtella (Benth.) A.H. Gentry
Cydista aequinoctialis var. sarmentosa (Bertol.) Govaerts
Cydista amoena Miers
Cydista incarnata (Aubl.) Miers
Cydista picta (Kunth) Miers
Cydista pubescens S.F. Blake
Cydista sarmentosa (Bertol.) Miers
Cydista seemannii Miers
Cydista spectabilis (Vahl) Miers
Levya nicaraguensis Bureau
Macfadyena bifolia Miers
Mansoa kerere var. incarnata (Aubl.) A.H. Gentry
Pachyptera kerere var. incarnata (Aubl.) A.H. Gentry
Temnocydia aequinoctialis (L.) Mart. ex DC.
Temnocydia spectabilis Mart. ex DC.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro), Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Costa Rica, Belize, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Isla Margarita, Nicaragua, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Panama, Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlntico, Bolvar, Boyac, Caldas, Caquet, Cauca, Cesar, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaina, Guaviare, Magdalena, Meta, Nario, Norte de Santander, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle, Vaups, Vichada), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Trinidad, Tobago
Continental: Northern America
Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 623. Reference page.
Flora Brasiliensis Revisited. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Unicamp. 2009 Nov 01 [1].

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bignonia aequinoctialis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bignonia aequinoctialis. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 26 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Bignonia aequinoctialis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 26.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bignonia aequinoctialis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Liane-crabe
español: Bejuco blanco, Bejuco de canasta, Liana de sierra