Tecomanthe burungu, commonly known as Roaring Meg Creek trumpet vine or pink trumpet vine, is a climber native to Queensland, Australia.[1][2] The taxon was recorded in the Australian Plant Census in 2010 as Tecomanthe sp. Roaring Meg and formally described in 2018. Plants are cultivated for their ornamental pink tubular flowers.[1][3][4][5]
| Tecomanthe burungu | |
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| Flowers of a plant near Cape Tribulation | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Tecomanthe |
| Species: | T. burungu
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| Binomial name | |
| Tecomanthe burungu Zich & A.J.Ford
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References
edit- ^ a b "Tecomanthe sp. Roaring Meg". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ Ford, A. J.; Zich, F. A. (December 2018). "Tecomanthe burungu (Bignoniaceae), a new species from northern Queensland". Australian Systematic Botany. 31 (5–6): 481–486. doi:10.1071/SB18031. ISSN 1030-1887.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Tecomanthe burungu". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Roaring Meg Creek Trumpet Vine (Tecomanthe sp. 'Roaring Meg')". Waterwise Plant Selector. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Pink trumpet vine – Tecomanthe sp. (Roaring Meg L.J.Brass 20326)". Wetland Info. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 July 2013.