tabebuia
Noun
Meaning
tabebuia (plural tabebuias)
(botany) Any of the plants in the genus Tabebuia.
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Gentry did not agree with the segregation of Handroanthus from Tabebuia and warned against "succumbing to further paroxysms of unwarranted splitting".
Confusion soon ensued over the meaning of Tabebuia and what to include within it.
Description Flower of Pink Poui ( Tabebuia rosea The description below is excerpted from Grose and Olmstead (2007).
Gentry divided Tabebuia into 10 "species groups", some of them intentionally artificial.
In spite of its use for lumber, Tabebuia is best known as an ornamental flowering tree.
Only two species of Tabebuia are yellow-flowered, but most species of Handroanthus are.