Tabebuia roseo-alba

Tabebuia roseo-alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Tribe: Tecomeae
Genus: Tabebuia
Species: T. roseo-alba
Binomial name
Tabebuia roseo-alba
(Ridl.) Sandwith
Synonyms[1]

Tabebuia roseo-alba, known as white ipê, ipê-branco or lapacho blanco, is a tree native to Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil, but also appears in Argentina (especially in the "Esteros del Ibera" wetlands) and more rarely in Paraguay.

This plant is frequently used as an ornamental plant and honey plant in Brazil and Argentina.[2] On the other hand, its flowers seem to be less popular with many hummingbirds than those of other Tabebuia, being visited mostly by the occasional generalist species like the Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura).[3]

See also

References

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  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  2. Pott & Pott (1994)
  3. Baza Mendonça & dos Anjos (2005)

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