Catalpa
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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 – 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Catalpa at The Plant List
