What is Bignoniaceae?
{{taxobox |name = Trumpet Creeper family |image = Amphitecna macrophylla5.jpg |image_caption = Bigleaf Black Calabash (''[[Amphitecna macrophylla]]'') |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Lamiales]] |familia = '''Bignoniaceae''' |familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] }} '''Bignoniaceae''' or the '''Trumpet creeper''' or catalpa family of the [[Lamiales|mint order]] of [[flowering plant]]s. It contains about 112 genera and more than 725 species of trees, shrubs, and, most commonly, vines, chiefly of tropical America, tropical Africa, and the Indo-Malayan region. They form an important part of the tropical forest vegetation because of the numerous climbing vines. A few are found in temperate regions, notably the [[Catalpa|catalpa tree]] (''Catalpa''), the [[Campsis|trumpet creeper]] (''Campsis''), and the [[Bignonia|cross vine]] (''Bignonia''). {{biology-stub}} {{wikispecies}} [[Category:Bignoniaceae| ]]