# Tecomaria

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***Tecomaria*** is a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the family [Bignoniaceae](/source/Bignoniaceae). It includes two species of shrubs or trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) and [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania) to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa).[1]

## Taxonomy

In the early 1980s, the genus's name was changed to [Tecoma](/source/Tecoma) because botanists considered that the differences in the flowers (between Tecomaria and Tecoma) were not striking enough to keep them apart and they should be treated as one – Therefore *Tecomaria capensis* became *Tecoma capensis*. Though recent molecular studies indicated that Tecomaria is actually most closely related to [Podranea](/source/Podranea) rather than Tecoma, which means that it should not be grouped together with Tecoma, hence restoring the genus Tecomaria. This is a situation where the [DNA evidence](/source/DNA_evidence) overturns conclusions made on [genetic relationships](/source/Genetic_distance) that are founded only through [morphology](/source/Morphology_(biology)) (how the plants look).[2]

## Species

- *[Tecomaria capensis](/source/Tecomaria_capensis)* (Thunb.) Spach – Angola, DR Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini, and South Africa
- *[Tecomaria nyassae](/source/Tecomaria_nyassae)* (Oliv.) Baill. – Angola, DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia

## References

1. [*Tecomaria* Spach](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4266-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

1. [Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach](https://pza.sanbi.org/tecomaria-capensis) by the [South African National Biodiversity Institute](/source/South_African_National_Biodiversity_Institute). Retrieved 20 October 2024.

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