genus

Parmentiera

Parmentiera

Field notes

Parmentiera is a genus of plants in the family Bignoniaceae.

Species include:

Parmentiera aculeata (Kunth) L. O. Williams — guajilote (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua)

Parmentiera cereifera Seem. — candle tree (Panama)

Parmentiera dressleri A. H. Gentry (Panama, Costa Rica)

Parmentiera macrophylla Standl. (Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua)

Parmentiera millspaughiana L. O. Williams (Mexico, Nicaragua)

Parmentiera morii A. H. Gentry (Panama)

Parmentiera parviflora Lundell (Mexico, Guatemala)

Parmentiera stenocarpa Dugand & L. B. Sm. (Colombia)

Parmentiera trunciflora Standl. & L. O. Williams (Nicaragua)

Parmentiera valerii Standl. (Costa Rica)

Read more on Wikipedia

Children

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees

From USDA PLANTS.