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Tecoma stans

(L.) Juss. ex Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth

Yellow Trumpetbush

G5Secure Found in 6 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Least concernIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.153855
Element CodePDBIG0H020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderScrophulariales
FamilyBignoniaceae
GenusTecoma
Other Common Names
yellow trumpetbush (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
Comprised of three varieties (A.H. Gentry 1992), or perhaps two or none; Kartesz (1999) does not recognize var. angustata or "angustatum", considering it a synonym.
Conservation Status
Review Date1993-08-04
Change Date1993-08-04
Edition Date1993-08-04
Edition AuthorsBlythe, K. (TNC-LASP); rev. B. MacBryde 2/2001.
Rank Reasons
Ranges from southernmost Arizona and Texas southward through the Antilles and Central America to northern Argentina, from sea level to 2800 meters (above 1500 m almost entirely as var. velutina). Widely cultivated, and sometimes naturalized (e.g., in southern Florida).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN2
ProvinceRankNative
TexasSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
FloridaSNANo
HawaiiSNANo
ArizonaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (6)
Arizona (5)
AreaForestAcres
GaliuroCoronado National Forest28,333
Happy ValleyCoronado National Forest7,972
Lower RinconCoronado National Forest3,278
Upper Rincon RoadlessCoronado National Forest2,991
WhetstoneCoronado National Forest20,728
New Mexico (1)
AreaForestAcres
Peloncillo (NM)Coronado National Forest43,339
References (7)
  1. Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae-Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 25(II): 1-370. The New York Botanical Garden, New York.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Liogier, H.A. 1995. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: Spermatophyta-Dicotyledoneae, Volume 4, Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. 617 pp.
  4. Little, E., Jr. & Wadsworth, F. 1964. Common Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 548 páges.
  5. Little, E.L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541. U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 375 pp.
  6. Mabberley, D.J. 1998. The plant-book. 2nd edition. 1998 printing with corrections [of 1997 2nd edition]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  7. Wunderlin, R.P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, Florida. 806 pp.