Tabebuia roseo-alba

Tabebuia roseo-alba, known as white ipê, ipê-branco or lapacho blanco, is a tree native to Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil, but also appears in Argentina (especially in the "Esteros del Ibera" wetlands) and more rarely in Paraguay.

Clade:Embryophytes

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

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Tabebuia roseo-alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Tabebuia
Species:	T. roseo-alba
Binomial name
Tabebuia roseo-alba (Ridl.) Sandwith
Synonyms[1]
List Bignonia roseoalba Ridl. Handroanthus odontodiscus (Bureau & K.Schum.) Mattos Handroanthus piutinga (Pilg.) Mattos Handroanthus roseoalbus (Ridl.) Mattos Sparattosperma neurocalyx Bureau & K.Schum. Tabebuia odontodiscus (Bureau & K.Schum.) Toledo Tabebuia papyrophloios (Bureau & K.Schum.) Melch. Tabebuia piutinga (Pilg.) Sandwith Tecoma mattogrossensis Kraenzl. Tecoma odontodiscus Bureau & K.Schum. Tecoma papyrophloios Bureau & K.Schum. Tecoma piutinga Pilg. Tecoma schumanni Kraenzl.

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This plant is frequently used as an ornamental plant and honey plant in Brazil and Argentina.^[2] On the other hand, its flowers seem to be less popular with many hummingbirds than those of other Tabebuia, being visited mostly by the occasional generalist species like the gilded sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura).^[3]