Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliv. (1948:233)
Three Kings vine
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild
The sole wild plant is under heavy management.
Distribution & Habitat
Three Kings Islands, New Zealand
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Oliver, W. R. B. (1948). The Flora of the Three Kings Islands. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 3: 211-238.
Other references:
Allan, H. H. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
Baylis, G. T. S. (1948). Vegetation of Great Island, Three Kings Group. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 3: 239-252, t . 33.
Baylis, G. T. S. ( 1951) . Incipient Forest Regeneration on Great Island, Three Kings Group. Rec . Auckland Inst. Mus. 4: 103-109.
Cranwell, L. M. (1962). Endemism and Isolation in the Three Kings Islands , New Zealand - With Notes on Pollen and Spore Types of the Endemics . Rec . Auckland Inst. Mus. 5: 215-232, t. 48 & 49.
de Lange, P. J. (2021). Tecomanthe speciosa Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/tecomanthe-speciosa/ (Accessed: 23 October 2021).
Govaerts, R. H. A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Holdsworth, M. and Baylis, G. T. S. (1967). Vegetation of Great Island, Three Kings Group, in 1963. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 6: 175-184.
Hunter, J. A. (1954). Tecomanthe speciosa. Gdnrs' Chron. 136: 76, fig. 34 & 35.
Hunter, J. A. (1957). A note on Tecomanthe speciosa, a recent addition to New Zealand climbing plants. Jl. R. hort. Soc. 82: 437-438, fig. 133.
Hunter, J. A. (1958). Additional Notes on Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B. Oliver (Bignoniaceae) from the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 5: 41-42, t. 6 & 7.
Lucas, Grenville Llewellyn and Synge, Hugh (compilers). (1978). Tecomanthe speciosa W.R.B.Oliver, pp. 83-84. In: The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN. 540 pp.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 3 March 2025]
van Steenis, C. G. G. J. (1927). Malayan Bignoniaceae, their taxonomy, origin and geographical distribution. Recueil des travaux botaniques néerlandais 24: 787-1044.