| Jacaranda mimosifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Jacaranda |
| Species: | J. mimosifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Jacaranda mimosifolia | |
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Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting violet-colored flowers. It is also known as the jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, Nupur or fern tree. Older sources call it J. acutifolia, but it is nowadays more usually classified as J. mimosifolia. In scientific usage, the name "jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda, which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always means the blue jacaranda.
In its native range in the wild, J. mimosifolia is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.[1]
- ^ a b Hills, R. (2020). "Jacaranda mimosifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T32027A68135641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T32027A68135641.en. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "Jacaranda mimosifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 10 September 2016