Pyrostegia venusta

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: Pyrostegia
Species: Pyrostegia venusta
Name

Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers (1863)
Synonyms

Basionym
Bignonia venusta Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3: t. 249. 1818.

Homotypic
Pyrostegia venusta var. typica Sprague, Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5: 84. 1905, nom. inadmiss.
Tecoma venusta (Ker Gawl.) Lem., Hort. Universel 1. 1843.

Heterotypic
Bignonia ignea Vell., Fl. Flumin. 244. 1825 publ. 1829.
Bignonia ignea Presl, Bot. Bemerk. (K.Presl) 93. 1843., nom. illeg. non Vell. (1829).
Bignonia tecomiflora Rusby, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 101. 1896.
Bignonia tubulosa Klotzsch, Reis. Br.-Guiana 3: 969. 1848.
Bignonia venusta Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3: t. 249. 1801.
Jacaranda echinata Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 834. 1825.
Pyrostegia acuminata Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863.
Pyrostegia amabilis Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863.
Pyrostegia dichotoma Miers ex K.Schum., Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 223. 1894.
Pyrostegia ignea (Vell.) C.Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 93. 1844.
Pyrostegia intaminata Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863.
Pyrostegia ornata Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863, nom. inval.
Pyrostegia pallida Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863, nom. inval.
Pyrostegia parvifolia Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863, nom. inval.
Pyrostegia puberula Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863, nom. inval.
Pyrostegia reticulata Miers, Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 188. 1863, nom. inval.
Pyrostegia tecomiflora (Rusby) K.Schum. ex Urb., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 34: 746. 1916.
Pyrostegia tubulosa (Klotzsch) Bureau & K.Schum., Fl. Bras. 8(2): 231. 1897.
Pyrostegia venusta var. villosa Hassl., Bull. Herb. Boissier II, 5: 84. 1905.
Tynanthus igneus (Vell.) Barb.Rodr., Vellosia ed. 2, 1: 50. 1891.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Guyana, Surinam, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz), Colombia (Antioquia, Caquet, Cauca, Meta, Valle, Vichada), Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar, Sucre), N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Para, Amazonas, Tocantins, Acre, Rondonia), NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas, Sergipe), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Amambay, Caaguazu, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Central, Concepcion, Cordillera, Guaira, Itapua, Misiones, Paraguari, San Pedro)

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

Miers, J. 1863. Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society of London 3: 188.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Pyrostegia venusta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pyrostegia venusta in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pyrostegia venusta. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Pyrostegia venusta in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28.
Tropicos.org 2019. Pyrostegia venusta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pyrostegia venusta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: Brazilian flame creeper, Golden shower
français: Liane aurore

Pyrostegia venusta, also commonly known as flamevine[2] or orange trumpetvine, is a plant species of the genus Pyrostegia of the family Bignoniaceae originally endemic to southern Brazil, Bolivia, northeastern Argentina and Paraguay; today, it is also a widely cultivated garden species.[3][4]

Description

It is an evergreen, vigorously-growing climber, capable of reaching 5 m in height. The foliage is made up of opposite, pinnate leaves with two or three, 4 to 8 cm leaflets,, and a 3-branched tendril, which all arise together from the end of the leaf petiole.[5]

The orange flowers, which appear from winter to spring, are 5 to 9 cm long and densely clustered. They are pollinated by hummingbirds. The fruits are smooth, 3 cm long brown capsules.
Cultivation

The plant is sensitive to cold winds and prefers sunny, sheltered locations. Its frost hardiness USDA zones are 9 to 11. It is resistant to soil salinity.

The plant has forked tendrils, which will cling to any rough surface, including brick walls. It can be grown from semi-hardwood cuttings taken in summer, autumn or winter.

It is naturalised in eastern Australia, eastern Africa and in the southeastern United States.[6]
Taxonomic history

The species was first described by John Miers in 1863.
Etymology

Venusta means 'beautiful', 'charming', or 'graceful'.[7] Pyrostegia" from the Greek pyros means 'fire', relating to the colour of the flowers and the shape of the upper lip, and stegia means 'covering'. When the flowers cover a building, it may appear to be on fire.
Covering a fence
References

The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 8 September 2016
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pyrostegia venusta". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society of London 3:188. 1863
"Pyrostegia venusta". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 October 2006.
Orange Trumpet Creeper by Burke's Backyard
Pyrostegia venusta by Weeds of Australia - Biosecurity Queensland Edition
Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 322, 399