Catalpa

Catalpa bignonioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Bignoniaceae
Tribus: Catalpeae
Genus: Catalpa
Sectiones: C. sect. Catalpa – C. sect. Macrocatalpa

Species: C. bignonioides – C. brevipes – C. bungei – C. longissima – C. macrocarpa – C. ovata – C. purpurea – C. speciosa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Catalpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page.

Name

Catalpa Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat. 170. Jan–Apr 1777.

• Typus: Catalpa bignonioides Walter

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Catalpium Raf., Princ. Somiol. 27 (1814).
• Heterotypic
  • Cumbalu Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 199 (1763).
  • Macrocatalpa (Griseb.) Britton, J. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 8 (1918).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Xinjiang. Northern America North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Southern America Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scopoli, I.A. 1777. Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. 540 pp. Apud Wolfgangum Gerle, Pragae [Prague]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Li, J. 2008. Phylogeny of Catalpa (Bignoniaceae) inferred from sequences of chloroplast ndhF and nuclear ribosomal DNA. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46(3): 341–348. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1002.2008.08025 Reference page. 

Links

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Catalpa in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2010 Feb 15.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Catalpa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Catalpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Catalpa. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Catalpa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Catalpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr. 2019.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Katalpa
беларуская: Катальпа
čeština: Katalpa
dansk: Trompetkrone
Deutsch: Trompetenbäume
Ελληνικά: Κατάλπα
suomi: Trumpettipuut
hornjoserbsce: Trubownik
magyar: Szivarfa
Ido: Katalpo
ქართული: კატალპა
lietuvių: Katalpa
кырык мары: Катальпа
Nederlands: Trompetboom
polski: Surmia
русский: Катальпа
svenska: Katalpasläktet
Türkçe: Katalpa
中文: 梓木

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