What is Tabebuia?
{{Automatic_taxobox |image = Caribbean Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia aurea) fruit & flowers W IMG 7055.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Tabebuia aurea]]'' |taxon = Tabebuia |authority = [[Bernardino António Gomes|Gomes]] ex [[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle|A.P. de Candolle]] |type_species = ''[[Tabebuia cassinoides]]'' |type_species_authority = A.P. de Candolle |subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] |subdivision = approximately 67 species. See text |synonyms = {{Plainlist | style = margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; | *''Leucoxylon'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Potamoxylon'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Proterpia'' <small>Raf.</small> *''Couralia'' <small>Splitg.</small> }} |synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=318511 |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref> |}} [[File:Tabebuia sp. MHNT.BOT.2009.7.18.jpg|thumb|3 seeds with septum and valves of split pod of ''Tabebuia sp.'' at [[MHNT]]]] '''''Tabebuia''''' is a polyphyletic assemblage today comprising 66 spp. For example red lapacho ''T impetigosa'' is considered as ''Handroanthus impetiginosus'' by [[João Rodrigues de Mattos|Mattos]] <ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233492901_Evolution_of_a_Charismatic_Neotropical_Clade_Molecular_Phylogeny_of_Tabebuia_s_l_Crescentieae_and_Allied_Genera_Bignoniaceae Evolution of a charismatic Neotropical clade Molecular Phylogeny of Tabeuia s.l. Crescentieae and allied genera Bignoniaceae]</ref> <ref>https://www.arbolesornamentales.es/Tabebuia%20impetiginosa.pdf</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ayto-murcia.es/medio-ambiente/parquesyjardines/material/Arbol_mes_2013/2013_03_Tabebuia%20impetiginosa.pdf | title=INICIO &#124; Murcia - Medio Ambiente }}</ref> Typus is T. cassionoides (Lam.)DC. <gallery>File:Caixeta_arvore_FEMPi_Machadinho_RO_24ago2014.jpg|T cassioides Tabebuia_impetiginosa_hábito_2.jpeg|Handroanthus (sive T impetiginosa) File:Starr_050518-1609_Tabebuia_donnell-smithii.jpg|[[Roseodendron]] </gallery> ==References== {{wikispecies}} <reference