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Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don

acacia celeste, jacarnadá, tarco, Jacaranda, Brazilian rose wood, blue jacaranda, blue trumpet tree

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Scrophulariales

Family
Bignoniaceae

Genus
Jacaranda

Species
mimosifolia

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Jacaranda chelonia Griseb.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2004

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1982) Bignoniaceae. Fl. Veracruz 24: 1–222.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1992) Bignoniaceae—Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. 25(2): 1–370.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Quintana, M.C. (2010) Wild plants in the dry valleys around Quito-Ecuador. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, PUCE. Quito-Ecuador, 266 pp.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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