Paratecoma

  • Authority

    Gentry, Alwyn H. 1992. Bignoniaceae--part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25: 1-370. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bignoniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Paratecoma

  • Type

    Type. P. diandra Kuhlmann (=P. peroba (Record & Mell) Kuhlmann).

  • Description

    Genus Description - Large trees. Leaves palmately 5-7-foliolate, the leaflets serrate, lepidote, otherwise mostly glabrous except in axils of lateral nerves below. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers white, the calyx broadly campanulate, minutely 5-denticulate; corolla salverform-tubular, bilabiate, puberulous outside; fertile stamens two; anthers subexserted; ovary oblong-tetragonal, lepidote, the ovules alternatingly 4-seriate (attached at different levels) in each locule. Fruit fusiform-linear, subterete, very gradually tapering to base and apex, the valves thick and woody; seeds bialate.

  • Distribution

    A monotypic genus of coastal Brazil.

    Brazil South America|