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Bignoniaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Bignonieae

Subfamily
Tribe Crescentieae

Subfamily
Tribe Tecomeae

Subfamily Bignonieae
Tribe Bignonieae

Pyrostegia venusta (Ker-Gawl.) Miers

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Flame Vine, Flame Flower
  • Family: Bignoniaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil, Paraguay
  • Habitat: canopy liana

  • Description: [syn. P. ignea (Vell.) K. Presl.; Bignonia ignea Vell.; B. venusta Ker-Gawl.]

    Evergreen climbing shrub; leaflets ovate, to 3 inches long, acuminate; flowers to 3 inches long, corolla tubes reflexed, margined with white hairs; fruit to 1 foot long.

  • USDA Zone: 9-11
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199000036
  • Source: SCE/Florida
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1990
  • Bench: 1203 - Warm Xeric
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-06-2008
Classification:

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