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Tecoma capensis

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Family Bignoniaceae

Taxonomy: Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bignonia capensis Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach subsp. capensis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 54 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (30-75 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 63.75 mm (10-140 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.25 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); orbicular (1); ovate (2); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): winged (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.5 m (3-4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231319N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231217VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.