Catalpa
See also: catalpa
Translingual
Etymology
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.
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Proper noun
Catalpa f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – the catawbas, flowering trees of warm temperate climates.
Hypernyms
- (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
Hyponyms
- (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
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Catalpeae): Chilopsis (desert willow)
References
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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Catalpa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Catalpa at The Plant List