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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Adenocalymma inundatum Mart. ex DC.

 

Bignoniaceae 12 1 Observation

Amphilophium paniculatum (L.) Kunth

Liana de cuello

Bignoniaceae 25 7 Observations

Amphilophium pannosum (DC.) Bureau & K. Schum.

 

Bignoniaceae 9 1 Observation

Amphitecna isthmica (A.H. Gentry) A.H. Gentry

 

Bignoniaceae 15 3 Observations

Amphitecna kennedyae (A.H. Gentry) A.H. Gentry

 

Bignoniaceae 15 3 Observations

Amphitecna latifolia (Mill.) A.H. Gentry

Black calabash

Bignoniaceae 4 1 Observation

Anemopaegma chrysoleucum (Kunth) Sandwith

 

Bignoniaceae 26 5 Observations

Anemopaegma orbiculatum (Jacq.) DC.

 

Bignoniaceae 33 4 Observations

Bignonia aequinoctialis L.

Garlicvine

Bignoniaceae 8 1 Observation

Bignonia binata Thunb.

 

Bignoniaceae 2 1 Observation

Bignonia corymbosa (Vent.) L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 1 1 Observation

Bignonia diversifolia Kunth

 

Bignoniaceae 8 1 Observation

Bignonia hyacinthina (Standl.) L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 11 3 Observations

Bignonia neoheterophylla L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 1 1 Observation

Callichlamys latifolia (Rich.) K. Schum.

 

Bignoniaceae 34 6 Observations

Crescentia alata Kunth

Morrito

Bignoniaceae 52 21 Observations

Crescentia cujete L.

Calabash

Bignoniaceae 1,015 613 Observations

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G. Lohmann

Catclaw vine

Bignoniaceae 2 2 Observations

Fridericia chica (Bonpl.) L.G. Lohmann

Cricketvine

Bignoniaceae 14 2 Observations

Fridericia florida (DC.) L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 13 1 Observation

Fridericia patellifera (Schltdl.) L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 17 4 Observations

Fridericia schumanniana (Loes.) L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 26 4 Observations

Godmania aesculifolia (Kunth) Standl.

 

Bignoniaceae 6 4 Observations

Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S.O. Grose

Roble amarillo

Bignoniaceae 35 15 Observations

Handroanthus guayacan (Seem.) S.O. Grose

 

Bignoniaceae 9 2 Observations

Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos

Pink trumpet-tree

Bignoniaceae 62 43 Observations

Handroanthus ochraceus (Cham.) Mattos

Yellow Trumpet

Bignoniaceae 246 162 Observations

Jacaranda caucana Pittier

 

Bignoniaceae 22 13 Observations

Jacaranda copaia (Aubl.) D. Don

 

Bignoniaceae 9 2 Observations

Lundia corymbifera (Vahl) Sandwith

 

Bignoniaceae 29 7 Observations

Lundia puberula Pittier

 

Bignoniaceae 27 5 Observations

Mansoa standleyi (Steyerm.) A.H. Gentry

 

Bignoniaceae 1 1 Observation

Martinella obovata (Kunth) Bureau & K. Schum.

 

Bignoniaceae 20 4 Observations

Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) Seem.

Candletree

Bignoniaceae 45 30 Observations

Parmentiera cereifera Seem.

Candletree

Bignoniaceae 11 5 Observations

Parmentiera valerii Standl.

 

Bignoniaceae 43 5 Observations

Roseodendron donnell-smithii (Rose) Miranda

White-mahogany

Bignoniaceae 1 1 Observation

Stizophyllum inaequilaterum Bureau & K. Schum.

 

Bignoniaceae 12 4 Observations

Stizophyllum riparium (Kunth) Sandwith

 

Bignoniaceae 3 1 Observation

Tabebuia palustris Hemsl.

Mangle Marica

Bignoniaceae 22 1 Observation

Tabebuia rosea (Bertol.) DC.

Pink poui

Bignoniaceae 154 94 Observations

Tanaecium pyramidatum (Rich.) L.G. Lohmann

 

Bignoniaceae 33 3 Observations

Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth

Yellow-bells

Bignoniaceae 3,658 2,785 Observations

Xylophragma seemannianum (Kuntze) Sandwith

 

Bignoniaceae 2 1 Observation