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Tecoma stans

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Family Bignoniaceae

Taxonomy: Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bignonia stans L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Mesaglio_2022 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 42 records in 9 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): 160 mm (100-220 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14.5 mm (9-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); tree (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnnnnnnnynn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 20 mm (20-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1); ovoid_flattened (1); winged (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 4.5 m (4-5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231522N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.