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Accession Data:

Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Spach.

  • Common Name: Cape Honeysuckle
  • Family: Bignoniaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Tanzania to S. Africa

  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500452
  • Source: Logees
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Bignoniaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Tecomeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Zaire / Tanzania / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 June 2014.
  2. WCSP (2014). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 20 June 2014.

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:21:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Bignoniaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae

  • Adenocalymma comosum
  • Bignonia magnifica
  • Clytostoma callistegioides
  • Dolichandra unguis-cati
  • Pyrostegia venusta

Subfamily
Tribe Coleeae

  • Phyllarthron bernierianum W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Crescentieae

  • Crescentia cujete

Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae

  • Pandorea jasminoides
  • Podranea ricasoliana
  • Spathodea campanulata
  • Tecoma capensis
  • Tecoma stans
  • Tecomanthe dendrophila
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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