Catalpa bungei

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Bignoniaceae

Trees , shrubs , or vines , climbers rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled , simple or pinnately compound , rarely palmately compound , without stipules, climbers usually with tendrils modified sometimes into hooks or suckers . Inflorescences cymose , paniculate , or racemose, terminal or axillary , rarely flowers borne on old stems; bracts and bractlets present, sometimes deciduous. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, usually large. Calyx campanulate or tubular , truncate , 2-5-dentate, or glandular subulate-dentate. Corolla campanulate or funnelform , usually bilabiate; lobes 5, imbricate or valvate . Fertile stamens 4 (didynamous ) and staminode 1, or 2 and staminodes 3, rarely all 5 stamens fertile. Disc fleshy . Ovary superior, 2-locular, rarely 1- or 4-locular; placentation axile or parietal ; ovules numerous . Style filiform ; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally or septicidally, rarely fruit fleshy and indehiscent. Seeds numerous, usually winged or with tufts of hairs at both ends; endosperm absent.

About 116-120 genera and 650-750 species: mostly in tropical and subtropical regions; 12 genera and 35 species (21 endemic) in China.

Plants of the Bignoniaceae usually produce large flowers, and many species are widely cultivated in China as ornamentals . These include Arrabidaea magnifica Sprague ex Steenis, Campsis radicans (Linnaeus) Seemann, Catalpa speciosa (Warder ex Barney) Engelmann, Clytostoma callistegioides (Chamisso) Bureau & Schumann, Crescentia alata Kunth, C. cujete Linnaeus, Jacaranda cuspidifolia Martius, J. mimosifolia D. Don, Kigelia africana (Lamarck) Bentham, Macfadyena unguis-cati (Linnaeus) A. H. Gentry, Pandorea jasminoides (Linnaeus) Schumann, Parmetiera cerifera Seemann, Podranea ricasoliana (Tanfani) Sprague, Pyrostegia venusta (Ker-Gawler) Miers, Spathodea campanulata Beauvois, Stenolobium stans (Linnaeus) Seemann, Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacquin) G. Nicholson, T. rosea (Bertoloni) de Candolle, and Tecomaria capensis (Thunberg) Spach.[1]

Genus Catalpa

Trees deciduous. Leaves simple , purple glandular punctate at vein axils abaxially. Inflorescences paniculate , corymbose , or racemose, terminal . Calyx bilabiate or irregularly divided , globose in buds. Corolla campanulate , bilabiate, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed. Fertile stamens 2, included , inserted at base of corolla tube ; staminodes 3. Disc conspicuous . Ovary 2-locular; ovules several. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally, long terete ; valves thin; septum slender, terete. Seeds in several rows , rounded , thin membranous, with hair tufts at both ends.

About 13 species: N America and E Asia; four species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Hort. ex Dippel Publication : Handb. Laubholzk. i. (1889) 49

Similar Species

Members of the genus Catalpa

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. bignonioides (Catawba) · C. bignonioides 'Aurea' (Golden Catalpa) · C. bignonioides 'Nana' (Dwarf Southern Catalpa) · C. bungei (Beijing Catalpa) · C. fargesii (Farges Catalpa) · C. longissima (Haitian Catalpa) · C. ovata (Chinese Catalpa) · C. punctata (Cuban Catalpa) · C. speciosa (Catalpa) · C. tibetica (Tibetan Catalpa) · C. × erubescens (Cultivated Catalpa) · C. x erubescens 'Purpurea' (Purple Catalpa)

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Further Reading

• Annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. [S.l.: s.n.], 1889-1906 url p. 121.
• Bulletin - State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. [Hartford]State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, 1904- url p. 369.
• Bulletin / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington: G.P.O., 1901-1913. url p. 12, p. 51, p. 73.
• Chinese economic trees, [Shanghai]Printed by the Commercial Press, Ltd.[1921] url , , p. 293.
• Culture methods for invertebrate animals; a compendium prepared cooperatively by American zoologists under the direction of a committee from Section F of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [by] Paul S. Galtsoff, Frank E. New York, Dover Publications[1959] url p. 330.
• Florists' review Chicago: Florists' Pub. Co. url , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
• How to plan the home grounds, by S. Parsons, jr.... With illustrations drawn by W. E. Spader... New York, Doubleday & McClure co., 1899. url p. 196, p. 196.
• How to plan the home grounds; New York:Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. url .
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 108, p. 12, p. 128, p. 16, p. 166, p. 167, p. 39, p. 61, p. 7, p. 94.
• Journal of economic entomology. [College Park, Md., etc.]Entomological Society of America [etc.] url p. 431, p. 571.
• Journal of the International Garden Club. New York, International garden club. url p. 440.
• Leaf-mining insects / by James G. Needham, Stuart W. Frost, Beatrice H. Tothill. Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins company, [c1928] url p. 307.
• Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze Valley, China. Corvallis, Oregon State College[1958] url p. 360.
• One hundred lessons in agriculture, with practical problems, by Aretas W. Nolan. .. Chicago: Row, Peterson & company, [c1911] url p. 248, p. 248.
• One hundred lessons in elementary agriculture: a manual and text of elementary agriculture for rural schools / by Aretas W. Nolan. .. Morgantown, W. Va.: Acme Pub. Co., [c1908] url p. 260.
• Pamphlets on silviculture. [1899- url , p. 1258, p. 768, p. 991, p. 995.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 580.
• Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the year. .. New Haven, [1902- url p. 496, p. 498, p. 619.
• Science. New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 938.
• Secrets of ornamental planting, comprising "Landscaping simplified, hardy ornamental shrubs and trees", and "The rose garden." Chicago, The Commonwealth Press, c1916 url p. 17.
• Seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1903-1913. url p. 14, p. 78.
• Sino-Iranica; Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products / by Berthold Laufer -- Chicago, 1919. url p. 271, p. 271, p. 617, p. 617.
• Standardized plant names; a catalogue of approved scientific and common names of plants in American commerce. Salem, Mass., 1923. url p. 71.
• The American florist: a weekly journal for the trade. Chicago: American Florist Company, [1885-1931] url p. 1198.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 69.
• The Florists' exchange: a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. New York, N.Y.: [A.T. De la Mare Ptg. and Pub. Co., url , p. 1000, p. 1046, p. 116, p. 1160, p. 1204, p. 1258, p. 142, p. 152, p. 236, p. 254, p. 292, p. 362, p. 370, p. 370, p. 412, p. 422, p. 44, p. 468, p. 470, p. 508, p. 518, p. 54, p. 570, p. 574, p. 588, p. 610, p. 620, p. 622, p. 628, p. 634, p. 634, p. 639, p. 666, p. 680, p. 720, p. 734, p. 750, p. 776, p. 80, p. 802, p. 818, p. 873, p. 910, p. 956, p. 983.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 41 1981 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 18.
• The complete garden, by Albert D. Taylor, assisted by Gordon D. Cooper. Illustrated with fifty full page cuts, four line charts, and nine coloured plates. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page, 1921. url p. 133, p. 133, p. 144, p. 322, p. 322, p. 328, p. 328.
• The planting and care of shade trees, Trenton, State gazette publishing co., printers, 1912. url p. 59.
• The trees of Great Britain & Ireland / by Henry John Elwes and Augustine Henry. Edinburgh: Priv. print., 1906-13. url p. 1489.
• Westbury nurseries and the Hicks patent treemovers... [S.l.:s.n.], 1904. url p. 65.
• Tao Deding & Yin Wenqing. 1990. Bignoniaceae. In: Wang Wentsai, ed., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 69: 1-62.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:

• US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5993474
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15233978
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109145-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 109145-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 724756

Footnotes

1. Zhi-Yun Zhang & Thawatchai Santisuk "Bignoniaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 213. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Zhi-Yun Zhang & Thawatchai Santisuk "Catalpa". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 215. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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