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Tabebuia aurea (Silva Manso) Benth. & Hook. f. ex S. Moore
Caribbean trumpettree

Tabebuia aurea
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
Cultivated, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Enlarge

Family: Bignoniaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South America. Widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Other data on Tabebuia aurea available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tabebuia aurea has been found in the following 11 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Assumed to be Present Not Native, Naturalized
Cayo Costa State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition Present Not Native, Naturalized
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Not Native, Naturalized
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Matheson Hammock Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Medlock Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Rockdale Pineland Present Not Native, Naturalized
Trail Glades Range Present Not Native, Naturalized
Zoo Miami Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized

Tabebuia aurea has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Not Native, Naturalized
Palm Beach County Not Native, Naturalized

Tabebuia aurea has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Disturbed Upland
Pine Rockland

All Images:

Tabebuia aurea
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
Cultivated, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Enlarge
Tabebuia aurea
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2016
Cultivated, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Enlarge
Tabebuia aurea
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Tabebuia aurea
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Tabebuia aurea
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr