Characteristics
Dicots
Tecoma stans (L.)Juss. ex Kunth
YELLOW ELDER; YELLOW TRUMPETBUSH
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In Florida, the earliest specimen of Tecoma stans may be from around Key West (e.g. Blodgett s.n., NY; 1873, Faxon s.n., NY; also noted by Melvill 1884). The species has been treated as both native (Pelton 1964; Meerow et al. 2001) and non-native (Gray 1878: 319; Gilman & Watson 1994) to Florida.
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
TECOMA STANS (Linnaeus) Jussieu ex Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 144. 1819.
Bignonia stans Linnaeus 1763.
HAITI: Without data (lectotype: Plumier, Pl. Amer. t. 54. 1756). Lectotypified by A. H. Gentry, Fl. Neotrop. 25(2): 285. 1992.
Species Distribution Map
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