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Taxon: Catalpa speciosa E. Y. Teas

Genus: Catalpa subgenus: Catalpa
Family: Bignoniaceae tribe: Catalpeae.
Nomen number: 9592
Place of publication: Gard. Monthly & Hort. Advertiser 17:181. 1875
Name verified on: 14-Feb-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Feb-2012
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • catawba   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • cigartree   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • Indian-bean   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • northern catalpa   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • western catalpa   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  • prächtiger Trompetenbaum   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  • Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Hortus 3)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.e.]
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Iowa, Kansas [e. & c.], Missouri, Nebraska [e.], North Dakota [Cass Co.], Oklahoma, South Dakota [e.], Wisconsin
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1972. Woody plants of Maryland.
  • Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. [lists as C. speciosa Warder].
  • Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
  • Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas. [lists as C. speciosa (Warder) Warder ex Engelm.].
  • Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa. [lists as C. speciosa Warder].
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. [lists as C. speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelm.].
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [lists as C. speciosa Warder].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [lists as C. speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelm.].
  • Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
  • Kaul, R. B. et al. 2006. The flora of Nebraska. [lists as C. speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelm.].
  • Kirkbride, J. H., Jr. & R. T. Olsen. 2011. Neotypification of Catalpa speciosa (Bignoniaceae). Taxon 60:1760–1763.
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). [lists as C. speciosa Warder].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [lists as C. speciosa Warder ex Engelm.].
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. [lists as C. speciosa Warder ex Engelm.].
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [lists as C. speciosa Warder].
  • Mitchell, R. S., ed. 1986. A checklist of New York state plants. New York State Mus. Bull. 458.
  • Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants.
  • Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio. [lists as C. speciosa Engelm.].
  • Paclt, J. 1952. Synopsis of the genus Catalpa (Bignoniaceae). Candollea 13:267–268. [lists as C. speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelm.].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. [lists as C. speciosa Warder ex Engelm.].
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  • Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. [lists as C. speciosa Warder].
  • Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
  • Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24.
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora. [lists as C. speciosa (Warder) Engelm.].
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. [lists as C. speciosa Warder ex Engelm.].
  • Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
  • Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
  • Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
  • Yatskievych, G. 1999–. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, revised edition.
  • Webster's third new international dictionary.
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Check other web resources for Catalpa speciosa E. Y. Teas:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Catalpa speciosa cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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