Botany

Bignonia

Bignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Its genus and family were named after Jean-Paul Bignon by his protégé Joseph Pitton de Tournefort in 1694, and the genus was established as part of modern botanical nomenclature in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. Species have been recorded in a range extending from southern USA and Mexico to most of South America.

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See also

• ▸Heliconia
• ▸Arsen Bagratuni
• ▸Haemanthus coccineus

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