Catalpa longissima

Catalpa longissima

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
Sectio: C. sect. Macrocatalpa
Species: Catalpa longissima

Name

Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum. Cours., 1802.

Synonyms

Basionym

• Bignonia longissima Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 25. 1760.

Homotypic

• Macrocatalpa longissima Britton, J. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 8, pl. 209. 1918.

Heterotypic

• Bignonia longisiliqua Jacq., Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 234 (1780).
• Bignonia quercus Lam., Encycl. 1: 417 (1785).
• Bignonia tenuisiliqua Vahl, Eclog. Amer. 2: 43 (1798).
• Bignonia pseudoquercus Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 118 (1827).
• Catalpa longisiliqua (Jacq.) Cham., Linnaea 7: 720 (1833).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Acevedo-Rodriguez, P. & Strong, M.T. Flora of the West Indies. Smithsonian Institution. Published on internet. Accessed 2010 Apr 02 [1].
• Dumont de Courset, G.L.M. 1802. Le Botaniste Cultivateur,... 2: 190. (Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1094. 1808)

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Catalpa longissima. 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 longissima in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Catalpa longissima. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 28 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Catalpa longissima in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 28.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Catalpa longissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Apr. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Catalpa longissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 02 April 2010.

Vernacular names

English: French-oak, Haiti catalpa, mastwood, Spanish oak, St. Domingo oak, yokewood
español: Roble dominicano, Aguacatillo, roble prieto
français: Bois chêne de St. Domingue, chêne noir, chêne d'amérique
Kreyòl ayisyen: bwadchenn, bwatchenn, bwatchèn, bwad chèn

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