Catalpa bignonioides Calflora

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Taxon Report

Catalpa bignonioides Walter

Southern catalpa

2015 Ron Vanderhoff

2011 Ramona Robison

2014 Dean Kelch

2015 Ron Vanderhoff

2009 Luigi Rignanese

2012 James M. Andre

Catalpa bignonioides is a tree that is not native to California.


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Genus:	Catalpa
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian, escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Catalpa catalpa

Information about Catalpa bignonioides from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CABI8) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/28/2023).