Common name
English: Cape honeysuckle
German: Kap-Geißblatt
Portuguese: Tecomácia
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Lamiales (199)
Family: Bignoniaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Tecoma (2)
Epithet: capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. (2)
Synonyms: Bignonia capensis Thunb., Ducoudraea capensis Bureau, Gelseminum capense (Lindl.) Kuntze, Gelsemium capense (Thunb.) Kuntze, Tecoma petersii Klotzsch, Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach, Tecomaria krebsii Klotzsch, Tecomaria petersii Klotzsch
capense => refers to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
capensis => from the Cape of Good Hope
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red, orange
External links
Check for Tecoma capensis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [377] Tecoma capensis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.