Catalpa

A variant of catawba that originated when Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name. Sometimes alternatively said to derive from a Creek word like katałpa.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Catalpa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – catawbas, flowering trees of warm temperate climates.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Bignoniaceae – family; Catalpeae – tribe

• (genus): Catalpa sect. Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides, Catalpa bungei, Catalpa duclouxii, Catalpa fargesii, Catalpa ovata, Catalpa speciosa, Catalpa tibetica); Catalpa × erubescens – nothospecies, Catalpa sect. Macrocatalpa (Catalpa brevipes, Catalpa longissima, Catalpa macrocarpa, Catalpa purpurea) – sections (species)
  • Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa), Catalpa bungei (Manchurian catalpa), Catalpa longissima (Haitian catalpa), Catalpa ovata (Chinese catalpa), Catalpa ovata (yellow catalpa), Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa) – selected species

• (genus in Catalpeae): Chilopsis (desert willow)

•   Catalpa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Catalpa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Catalpa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Catalpa at USDA Plants database
• Catalpa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Catalpa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Catalpa at The Plant List