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Shrub, tree [woody vine]; nectaries often on stem, leaf, calyx, ovary.
Leaf: generally 1–3- pinnate or - palmate (or simple), generally opposite or whorled.
Flower: bisexual, showy; calyx generally 5-lobed, 2-lipped or not; corolla funnel- or bell-shaped, 5-lobed, generally 2-lipped; stamens epipetalous, generally 4, paired, a 5th vestigial (a staminode) [or 0]; ovary superior, chambers generally 2, placentas 4, axile (or chamber 1, placentas 2–4, parietal), style long, stigma 2-lobed.
Fruit: generally capsule, long, cylindric to ± round, sometimes flat, 2-valved.
Seed: many, flat, generally winged.
81 genera, 827 species: generally tropics, especially South America; many ornamental (Campsis, trumpet creeper; Catalpa; Jacaranda). [Alcantara & Lohmann 2010 Amer J Bot 97:782–795] —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Lohmann, L. G. 2006 Untangling the phylogeny of neotropical lianas (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae). American J Bot 93:304–318; Lohmann, L. G. & C.U. Ulloa 2006 http://www.iplants.org/]

Key to Bignoniaceae

1 sp. (Greek: resembling lips, from flower shape)
Unabridged references: [Henrickson 1985 Aliso 11:179–197; Richardson 2004 Oikos 107:363–375]

Shrub, 1.5–7 m, willow-like; deciduous.
Leaf: simple, generally alternate (often some opposite to whorled on same plant); blade 10–26 cm, linear, curved.
Inflorescence: panicle or raceme, terminal.
Flower: calyx 8–14 mm, inflated, 2-lipped, generally soft-hairy, ± purple; corolla 2–5 cm, fragrant, white or light pink to lavender with yellow and purple markings in throat, lobes spreading, margins jagged, wavy; stamens included, anther sacs 2; staminode included, glabrous.
Fruit: < 35 cm, linear, not flat.
Seed: 6–12 mm, oblong; both ends long-hairy.
2n=40. Common. Sandy washes; < 2100 m. Desert, adjacent Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges;

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.