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Bignoniaceae

Bignoniaceae

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A family of flowering plants that includes trees and woody vines with trumpet-shaped flowers
  • noun
  • /bɪɡnoʊniˈeɪʃiˌi/
  • Specialized
: bignoniáceas
  • Many ornamental vines belong to the Bignoniaceae, renowned for their showy trumpet-shaped flowers.

Examples

  • The Bignoniaceae family includes both tropical trees and woody climbers found in forests worldwide.

  • Did you know that Bignoniaceae is often referred to as the trumpet creeper family?

  • Botanists identified the mysterious plant as a member of the Bignoniaceae family.

  • The Bignoniaceae family includes many beautiful flowering plants.

  • Many ornamental vines belong to the Bignoniaceae, renowned for their showy trumpet-shaped flowers.

  • The Bignoniaceae family includes both tropical trees and woody climbers found in forests worldwide.

  • Botanists identified the mysterious plant as a member of the Bignoniaceae family.

Surface Forms

Bignoniaceae singular
Bignoniaceas plural

Morphology

Bignoniaceae = Bignonia (opaque) = Bignoni + aceae

A specialized botanical family-forming suffix '-aceae' attached to a genus stem creates a taxonomic name that is not transparently meaningful to average learners.

Etymology

Bignoniaceae comes from the plant name Bignonia, which was named for the French librarian Jean-Paul Bignon, and the ending -aceae shows it is a plant 'family'. So Bignoniaceae simply means the 'Bignon family' of plants, many of which have bright, trumpet-shaped flowers.