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Tecoma
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Tecoma

Tecoma is a genus of 14 species of shrubs or small trees in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae. Twelve species are from the Americas, while the other two species are African. The American species range from the extreme southern United States through Central America and the Antilles south through Andean South America to northern Argentina. The generic name is derived from the Nahuatl word tecomaxochitl, which was applied by the indigenous peoples of Mexico to plants...

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

yellow trumpet flower

speciesTecoma stans

Tecoma fulva

speciesTecoma fulva

Tecoma castanifolia

speciesTecoma castanifolia

Tecoma rosifolia

speciesTecoma rosifolia

Tecoma tenuiflora

speciesTecoma tenuiflora

Tecoma beckii

speciesTecoma beckii

Tecoma weberbaueriana

speciesTecoma weberbaueriana

Tecoma × smithii

hybridTecoma × smithii

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tecoma in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.83

Tecoma in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.282

Tecoma in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.301

Tecoma in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.96

Tecoma in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.456

Tecoma in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.435

Tecoma in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.458

Tecoma in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.437

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48376.