Synonyms include Tecoma grandiflora, Campsis chinensis, Campsis adrepens, Bignonia grandiflora and Bignonia chinensis.
Tabebuia chrysantha subsp. meridionalis A.H.Gentry (as T. spectabilis Planch. & Linden)
The town is named after the shrub Tecoma that grew in the area when the need was identified for a railway station for the timber mill that occupied the site where Tecoma Primary School now stands.
Tecoma | Tecoma stans |