Tabebuia

Tabebuia
Tabebuia aurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Clade: Crescentiina
Clade: Tabebuia alliance
Genus: Tabebuia
Gomes ex A.P. de Candolle
Type species
Tabebuia cassinoides
A.P. de Candolle
Species

Approximately 67 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]
  • Leucoxylon Raf.
  • Potamoxylon Raf.
  • Proterpia Raf.
  • Couralia Splitg.
Three seeds with septum and valves of split pod of Tabebuia sp. at MHNT

Tabebuia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae.[2] Tabebuia consists almost entirely of trees, but a few are often large shrubs. A few species produce timber, but the genus is mostly known for those that are cultivated as flowering trees.[3]

  1. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  2. ^ Eberhard Fischer, Inge Theisen, and Lúcia G. Lohmann. 2004. "Bignoniaceae". pages 9-38. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1
  3. ^ David J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's Plant-Book third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4