Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Tecoma > Tecoma stans| | Tecoma stans (trumpetbush; trumpetflower; yellow elder; yellow trumpet-flower; yellow trumpetbush) | |
Synonyms: Bignonia stans; Stenolobium stans; Tecoma stans angustatum Tecoma stans is a species of flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family, Bignoniaceae, that is native to the Americas. Common names include yellow trumpetbush, yellow bells, geelklokkies, yellow elder, ginger-thomas, and esperanza. Tecoma stans is the official flower of the United States Virgin Islands and the floral emblem of the Bahamas. |
Tecoma stans is a South American tree which has been introduced to other tropical and subtropical regions (Indian Ocean, Pacific, Australia) as an ornamental. Tecoma stans prefers dry and disturbed areas such as roadsides but it can also be found in relatively undisturbed forests. It can develop dense, almost monospecific thickets and restrict the regeneration of native species. |
| Height [2] | 20 feet (6.1 m) |  | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Porous | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [2] | USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [2] | Low | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Flower Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Bloom Period [2] | Indeterminate | | Drought Tolerance [2] | High | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Frost Free Days [2] | 6 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Multiple Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 11 inches (30 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | None | | Seed Vigor [2] | High | | Seeds Per [2] | 100000 / lb (220462 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None |
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Bahamas Virgin Islands, U.S. |
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 MapsCaribbean; North America; Oceania; Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in  Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5Hummingbirds and the plants they visit in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, Raúl Ortiz-Pulido, S. Anaid Díaz, Oscar I. Valle-Díaz and Ana D. Fisher, Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83: 152-163, 2012 ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7Notes on Feeding and Breeding Habits of the Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica (Cinnyris asiaticus) in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Southern Iran, TAHER GHADIRIAN, ALI T. QASHQAEI & MOHSEN DADRAS, Podoces, 2007, 2(2): 122–126 ♦ 8FEEDING ECOLOGY AND STATUS OF THE VARIABLE SUNBIRD (Cinnyris venusta) IN THE ARBORETUM OF RUHANDE, Marie Jeanne UWIHOREYE, Bachelor’s Memoir, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA, 2011 |
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