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| Jacaranda | |
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| A flower of Jacaranda mimosifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Tribe: | Jacarandeae |
| Genus: | Jacaranda Juss. |
| Type species | |
| Jacaranda mimosifolia | |
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Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas[1] while cultivated around the world. The generic name is also used as the common name.
The species Jacaranda mimosifolia[2] has achieved a cosmopolitan distribution due to introductions, to the extent that it has entered popular culture. It can be found growing wild in Central America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, southern and northern Africa, China, Australia, Rwanda and Cyprus.
- ^ Gentry, A. W.; Morawetz, W. (1992). "Bignoniaceae: Part II (Tribe Tecomeae)". Flora Neotropica. 25 (2): 51–104. JSTOR 4393739.
- ^ "Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don". Plants of theWorld Online.