Name: Bignoniaceae
Meaning of Name:
Bignoniaceae, from French Bignon, after the French statesman Jean-Paul Bignon (1662-1743) + Latin -ia (used especially to form genus names by appending to the name of (usually) a scientist or patron) + Latin -āceae (the feminine plural of -āceus, ‘resembling’, a suffix used to form the taxonomic family names of plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi)
Common Name:
The bignonia or trumpet vine family
Botanical Information:
Bignoniaceae, or the bignonia or trumpet vine family, contains a little over 100 genera and 800 species. Three of the genera are exclusively herbaceous. The rest are mostly woody, but some are subwoody (part woody, part herbaceous).
Many ornamentals are found in this family, including Jacaranda and Pandorea.
The defining botanical characteristic of family Bignoniaceae is based on the flower anatomy.
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