Tecomanthe

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: Tecomeae
Genus: Tecomanthe
Species: T. dendrophila – T. hillii – T. speciosa – T. ternatensis – T. volubilis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Tecomanthe in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Mar 17. Reference page.

Name

Tecomanthe Baill., Hist. Pl. 10: 41. 1888.

Type species: T. bureavii Baill.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Campana Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 95. 1904, nom. inval.
Type species: non design.
Dendrophila Zipp. ex Blume, Rumphia 4: 34. 1849.
Type species: Dendrophila trifoliata Zipp. ex Blume

References

Baillon, H.E. (1888) Hist. Pl. 10: 41.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tecomanthe in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Tecomanthe. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tecomanthe. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Tecomanthe in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tecomanthe. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03.

Vernacular names

Tecomanthe is a genus of 5 species of tropical or subtropical forest lianes in the family Bignoniaceae. They have attractive trumpet-like flowers and glossy leaves. They are native to Australia,, Indonesia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and the Solomon Islands.
Species

Image	Name	Description	Distribution
	Tecomanthe burungu (Roaring Meg Creek trumpet vine or pink trumpet vine)	a newly described species in 2018	Queensland.[1][2]
	Tecomanthe dendrophila (or T. venusta)	The 11 cm flowers are pink and creamy-yellow, ageing to a uniform magenta-pink.	grows in the Moluccas, throughout New Guinea, and east into New Britain and the Solomon Islands.
	Tecomanthe hillii	pink flowers	eastern Queensland.
	Tecomanthe speciosa	Extremely rare, being only one plant exists in the wild, T. speciosa is now in cultivation, and is a rampant woody vine with cream flowers. It will grow in warm temperate climates, but is very sensitive to frost.	endemic to the Three Kings Islands off northern New Zealand
	Tecomanthe ternatensis	White flowers that turn pink as they age.	Its natural range is from the Moluccas east to northwest New Guinea.
	Tecomanthe volubilis	[It grows in mossy forests at altitude, and will grow in warm temperate conditions and has rose-pink flowers.	endemic to New Guinea

References

"Tecomanthe sp. Roaring Meg". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

Ford, A. J.; Zich, F. A. (December 2018). "Tecomanthe burungu (Bignoniaceae), a new species from northern Queensland". Australian Systematic Botany. 31 (5–6): 481–486. doi:10.1071/SB18031. ISSN 1030-1887.

St Andrews Botanic Garden, Plant of the month: Tecomanthe dendrophylla. Accessed 26 July 2013.