PLANTS Profile for Catalpa ovata (Chinese catalpa)

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PLANTS Profile

Catalpa ovata G. Don
Chinese catalpa

Symbol:

CAOV5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Bignoniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Belgium, Tervurin. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Catalpa ovata G. Don

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Distribution:
Catalpa ovata G. Don


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DC, MA, MD, MN, MO, NE, NY, OH, PA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Catalpa ovata G. Don

View 30 genera in Bignoniaceae, 6 species in Catalpa

Classification:
Catalpa ovata G. Don

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Bignoniaceae – Trumpet-creeper family
Genus	Catalpa Scop. – catalpa
Species	Catalpa ovata G. Don – Chinese catalpa

Introduced Information:
Catalpa ovata G. Don

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Catalpa ovata G. Don

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34314.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Catalpa ovata G. Don

Tsukuba Botanical Garden: image

University of Muenster Botanischen Gartens: image of tree

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 12:36 PM CDT