Tabebuia roseo-alba

Tabebuia roseo-alba
File:Ipê Branco.jpg
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
List Bignonia roseoalba Ridl. Handroanthus odontodiscus (Bureau & K.Schum.) Mattos Handroanthus piutinga (Pilg.) Mattos Handroanthus roseoalbus (Ridl.) Mattos Sparattosperma neurocalyx Bureau & K.Schum. Tabebuia odontodiscus (Bureau & K.Schum.) Toledo Tabebuia papyrophloios (Bureau & K.Schum.) Melch. Tabebuia piutinga (Pilg.) Sandwith Tecoma mattogrossensis Kraenzl. Tecoma odontodiscus Bureau & K.Schum. Tecoma papyrophloios Bureau & K.Schum. Tecoma piutinga Pilg. Tecoma schumanni Kraenzl.

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. 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).

See also

• List of honey plants
• List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Pantanal vegetation of Brazil

References

• Baza Mendonça, Luciana & dos Anjos, Luiz (2005): Beija-flores (Aves, Trochilidae) e seus recursos florais em uma área urbana do Sul do Brasil [Hummingbirds (Aves, Trochilidae) and their flowers in an urban area of southern Brazil]. [Portuguese with English abstract] Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 22(1): 51–59. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752005000100007 PDF fulltext
• Pott, A. & Pott, V.J. (1994): Plantas do Pantanal [Plants of Pantanal]. [In Portuguese] EMBRAPA. ISBN 85-85007-36-2

External links

• Tabebuia roseo-alba photos