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Trumpet creeper family
Bignoniaceae
ノウゼンカズラ科
A family including Campsis, Paulownia, Spathodea, and Catalpa. About 82 genera and 800 species are known, with the diversity center in tropical America. Characterized by large trumpet-shaped flowers and winged seeds.
Key Characteristics
- ●Corolla sympetalous, large and trumpet-shaped or bilabiate
- ●Stamens 4 (didynamous) or 2
- ●Fruit a long pod-like capsule containing numerous winged seeds
- ●Mostly woody (trees or climbers)
- ●Leaves opposite, often compound
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate / Opposite / Whorled
Leaf type
Compound / Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree / Vine / Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Compound type
Pinnate / Bipinnate / Palmate
Leaf dissection
Dissected / Undivided
Stipules
Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic / Zygomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
5
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene to Neogene (ca. 50 Ma onwards)
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Evolution of wind dispersal via winged seeds
- ・Development of bird and bat pollination through large flowers and nectar
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