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Tabebuia
Caribbean Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia aurea) fruit & flowers W IMG 7055.jpg
Tabebuia aurea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Tecomeae
Genus: Tabebuia
Gomes ex A.P. de Candolle
Type species
Tabebuia cassinoides
A.P. de Candolle
Species

approximately 67 species. See text

Synonyms
  • Leucoxylon Raf.
  • Potamoxylon Raf.
  • Proterpia Raf.
  • Couralia Splitg.
Tabebuia sp. MHNT.BOT.2009.7.18
3 seeds with septum and valves of split pod of Tabebuia sp. at MHNT

Tabebuia is a polyphyletic assemblage today comprising 66 spp. For example red lapacho T impetigosa is considered as Handroanthus impetiginosus by Mattos

Typus is T. cassionoides (Lam.)DC.

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