A REVIEW OF THE GENUS CYDISTA (BIGNONIACEAE)

Cydista (Bignoniaceae) is a genus of six primarily lowland species ran ging from central and southern Mexico to Paraguay and eastern Brazil. All species are lianas with showy white to magenta campanulate-funnelf orm flowers, linear to linear-oblong fruit, and winged seeds. This pap er builds on the work of the late Alwyn H. Gentry and utilizes an exte nsive database produced from his investigations. Descriptions, separat e keys to flowering and fruiting material, maps of species distributio ns, graphs of flowering and fruiting phenology, and an illustration ar e presented.