Catalpa brevipes

Catalpa brevipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Catalpa
Species: C. brevipes
Binomial name
Catalpa brevipes
Urb.

Catalpa brevipes is a species of small tree in the Bignoniaceae family. It is found in only three countries: 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).[1]

Its habitat is dry, limestone-soil forests.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Assessor: A.E. Areces-Mallea (1998). "Catalpa brevipes - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (version 2009.1).". IUCN . Retrieved August 19, 2009.


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