What is Jacaranda?
{{italictitle}} {{taxobox |image = Jacaranda cuspidifolia flower.jpg |image_caption = ''Jacaranda cuspidifolia'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Lamiales]] |familia = [[Bignoniaceae]] |tribus = [[Bignoniaceae#Genera|Tecomeae]] |genus = '''''Jacaranda''''' |genus_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6151 |title=''Jacaranda'' Juss. |work=Germplasm Resource Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2005-02-09 |accessdate=2009-07-22 |archive-date=2009-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506222629/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6151 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] |subdivision = |}} '''Jacaranda''' is a [[genus]] of 49 species of flowering plants in the family [[Bignoniaceae]]. It comes from tropical and subtropical regions of Central America, Mexico, South America (especially [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], [[Peru]] and [[Uruguay]]), and the Caribbean. It is also found in [[Asia]], especially in [[Nepal]]. It is found throughout the Americas and Caribbean. It has also been introduced to [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[India]], [[Fiji]] and parts of [[Africa]]. The genus name is also used as the common name. ==Growth== ''Jacaranda'' can be [[shrub]]s to large [[tree]]s. They range in size from {{convert|2|to|30|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. ==Genus== The [[genus]] is separated into two sections, ''Jacaranda'' and ''Dilobos'' DC. Section ''Jacaranda'' (which includes Blue Jacarandas) has 18 species. It is found mostly in western [[South America]], [[Central America]], [[Mexico]], and the [[Caribbean]]. Section ''Dilobos'', which is thought to be the oldest form, has 31 species. It is found mostly in southeastern [[Brazil]]. This includes the [[Paraná River]] valley. The kind of [[wood]] in the two sections is also different. == Notes == {{reflist}} ==