Tabebuia ochracea

Tabebuia ochracea,[2] known as corteza amarilla in Spanish,[3] is a timber tree native to South America, Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil. It is also known as Handroanthus ochraceus or Tecoma ochracea.[4] It is often confused with the Golden Trumpet Tree, which is known as Handroanthus chrysotrichus or Tabebuia chrysotricha. It is a seasonal flowering tree, blossoming only during spring (September). During this time, all leaves fall and only flowers remain in the crown.

Tabebuia ochracea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Tabebuia
Species:
T. ochracea
Binomial name
Tabebuia ochracea
Synonyms

Tabebuia hypodidiction
Tabebuia neochrysantha A.H.Gentry
Tecoma heterotricha DC.
Tecoma ochracea Cham.

There are three subspecies:

  • Tabebuia ochracea ssp. heterotricha
  • Tabebuia ochracea ssp. neochrysantha
  • Tabebuia ochracea ssp. ochracea

Notes
  1. https://www.ipni.org/n/110988-1
  2. "Tabebuia ochracea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. "Tabebuia ochracea 13 mayo 1998". www.acguanacaste.ac.cr. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  4. "Handroanthus ochraceus (Cham.) Mattos | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-11.

References
  • (in Portuguese) Lorenzi, Harri (1992) Árvores Brasileiras (Brazilian Trees) Nova Odessa: Plantarum. p. 52
  • (in Portuguese) POTT, A. POTT, V.J. (1994) Plantas do Pantanal. (Plants of Pantanal) EMBRAPA ISBN 85-85007-36-2 p. 59


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