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The name derives from the Muscogee name for the tree, "kutuhlpa" meaning "winged head" and is unrelated to the name of the Catawba people. [6] [7] The spellings "Catalpa" and "Catalpah" were used by Mark Catesby between 1729 and 1732, and Carl Linnaeus published the tree's name as Bignonia catalpa in 1753.
Catalpa speciosa, commonly known as the northern catalpa, hardy catalpa, western catalpa, cigar tree or catawba, [2] [3] is a species of Catalpa native to the midwestern United States. The Latin specific epithet speciosa means "showy".
Catalpa bignonioides is a short-lived [3] [4] species of Catalpa that is native to the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Common names include southern catalpa , cigartree , and Indian bean tree [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is commonly used as a garden and street tree .
×Chitalpa is an intergeneric hybrid flowering tree in the family Bignoniaceae.There are two major forms in North America, the 'Morning Cloud' a hybrid of desert willow (Chilopsis linearis) for desert hardiness and color, and northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), and the 'Pink Dawn' variety formed as a hybrid of desert willow and either yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata) or northern catalpa ...
Ceratomia catalpae, the catalpa sphinx, is a hawk moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Other common names are the Catawba worm, or Catalpa sphinx. [2] [3]
Catalpa fargesii, the Chinese bean tree, is a species of tree in the family Bignoniaceae, native to China. Growing to about 25 m tall, it is a deciduous tree which produces abundant pink blossom in spring, followed by narrow brown beans-like fruit in the autumn. Some sources place the species as a synonym of Catalpa bungei. [1]
Catalpa: catalpa trees; Catalpa bignonioides: southern catalpa Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) 451 ... empress tree; princess tree; foxglove tree; paulownia
Catalpa brevipes is a species of small tree in the family Bignoniaceae.It is native to Cuba (in Baire [], a hilly area that lies on the north side of the Sierra Maestra mountains, and coastal Cabo Cruz), the Dominican Republic (Azua Province), and Haiti (Massif de la Hotte).