Tabebuia heterophylla

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: Tecomeae
Genus: Tabebuia
Species: Tabebuia heterophylla

Name

Tabebuia heterophylla (DC.) Britton, 1915

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Bignonia leucoxylon L., Sp. Pl.: 624 (1753).
- Bignonia pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 870 (1763), nom. superfl.
- Leucoxylon acuminata Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 78 (1838).
- Leucoxylon riparia Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 77 (1838).
- Tabebuia triphylla DC., Prodr. 9: 214 (1845).
- Tecoma pentaphylla Juss., Prodr. 9: 217 (1845), nom. superfl.
- Tecoma triphylla Mart. ex DC., Prodr. 9: 215 (1845), pro syn.
- Tabebuia pentaphylla Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 495 (1882).
- Tabebuia arenicola Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 375 (1915).
- Tabebuia curtissii (Britton) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 375 (1915).
- Tabebuia geronensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 375 (1915).
- Tabebuia lucida Britton, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 48 (1915).
- Tabebuia camagueyensis Britton & P.Wilson, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 107 (1920).
- Tecoma eggersii Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 219 (1921).
- Tabebuia gonavensis Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 196 (1922).
- Tabebuia leptopoda Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 121 (1922).
- Tabebuia beyeri Urb. & Ekman, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 84 (1925).
- Tabebuia dictyophylla Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 85 (1925).
- Tabebuia lindahlii Urb. & Ekman, Ark. Bot. 21A(5): 95 (1927).
- Tabebuia brigandina Urb. & Ekman, Ark. Bot. 22A(10): 68 (1929).
- Tabebuia heterophylla subsp. genuina Stehlé, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 93: 30 (1945 publ. 1946).
- Tabebuia pallida subsp. heterophylla (DC.) Stehlé, Caribbean Forester 6(Suppl.): 330 (1945).
- Tabebuia pallida subsp. pentaphylla (Hemsl.) Stehlé, Caribbean Forester 6(Suppl.): 338 (1945).
- Tabebuia riparia (Raf.) Sandwith, Taxon 4: 44 (1955).
- Handroanthus pentaphyllus Mattos, Loefgrenia 50: 4 (1970), nom. superfl.
- Tabebuia capotei Borhidi, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 26(1-2): 19 (1980).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Honduras (Swan Isl.), Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Curacao, Trinidad

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Britton, N.L. (1915) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. St. Louis, MO 2:48.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tabebuia heterophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 02. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Tabebuia heterophylla. 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 May 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tabebuia heterophylla. Published online. Accessed: May 02 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Tabebuia heterophylla in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 02.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tabebuia heterophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 May 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tabebuia heterophylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: white cedar
español: Palo amargo, Poirier, Prieto, Roble blanco, Roble de costa, Roble de la mona, Roble de yugo