e-Key v3 - Key to Bignoniaceae Genera
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.
Backtrack a
  • Ovary unilocular
  • Fruit indehiscent, fleshy and fibrous within
  • Seeds not winged
Kigelia
b
  • Ovary bilocular
  • Fruit capsular
  • Seeds winged
002
Backtrack a
  • Capsule slightly compressed, covered with prickly warts
Catophractes
b
  • Capsule compressed, smooth
002
Backtrack a
  • Calyx spathe-like, split down posterior side
Markhamia
b
  • Calyx 5-toothed or -lobed
002
Backtrack a
  • Capsule suborbicular
  • Leaves bipinnate
* Jacaranda
b
  • Capsule linear, linear-oblong or oblong to elliptic
  • Leaves simple, bifoliolate or pinnate
002
Backtrack a
  • Lianas
  • Leaves often with a terminal trifid tendril
* Macfadyena
b
  • Trees, shrubs, or subshrubs
  • Leaves without tendrils
002
Backtrack a
  • Stamens 5
  • Ovules in 2 rows in each locule
  • Fruit beaked
Rhigozum
b
  • Stamens 4, staminode 0 or 1
  • Ovules in 2-8 rows in each locule
  • Fruit not beaked
002
Backtrack a
  • Corolla tube curved, narrowly funnel-shaped
  • Stamens exserted (= Tecomaria )
Tecoma
in part
b
  • Corolla tube cylindrical below, campanulate above
  • Stamens included
002
Backtrack a
  • Calyx inflated
  • Scrambling shrub or subshrub
  • Flowers pink
Podranea
b
  • Calyx not inflated
  • If shrub then not scrambling
  • Flowers yellow
* Tecoma stans

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