Thanks for the information Ramanji... So would it be right to guess that Tabebuia aurea has not changed and its only Tabebuia chyrostricha which has changed the species name? Are the ones we commonly see in Bangalore lanes, the ones we see flowering copiously these days, H. chrysotrichus(former T. chrysotricha) or Tabebuia aurea? Rgds Ajit
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:29:11 AM UTC+5:30, raman wrote: > Handroanthus chrysotrichus (Golden Trumpet Tree) - Beautiful medium-sized > round-headed tree to 25 feet with palmately-parted olive-green leaves that > have golden tomentose on the underneath side. Spectacular mid-spring 3 to 4 > inch long golden yellow trumpet flowers appear while trees are leafless or > just emerging in the spring. Tolerates temperatures into mid 20s F and > looks best with occasional to regular watering in warm months though we > have noted that plants flower best when not overwatered. In 2007 studies on > the genus Tabebuia determined it to be polyphyletic (because as it has > stood it includes Crescentia, Spirotecoma, and Ekmanianthe) with the > solution being to split some members of the genus, including the two > species commonly grown in California, into the new genus Handroanthus. > Plants so separated can be distinguished from true Tabebuia based on the > fact that they all have minute hairs on the leaves and flowers. Because of > this, Tabebuia chrysotricha becomes Handroanthus chrysotrichus, and > Tabebuia impetiginosa becomes Handroanthus impetiginosus. The genus name > comes from a combination of 'Handro', for a 20th century Brazilian botanist > Oswaldo Handro and 'anthos' from Latin for flower. > > > http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/Flora/Handroanthus%20-%20Golden%20Trumpet%20Tree/Golden%20Trumpet%20Tree.html > > Raman > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
