Taxon: Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S. Grose

Summary

Genus:

Handroanthus

Family:

Bignoniaceae

Nomen number:

454767

Place of publication:

S. O. Grose & R. G. Olmstead, Syst. Bot. 32:664. 2007

Verified:

04/02/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S. Grose subsp. chrysanthus (1 active accession[s])
Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S. Grose subsp. meridionalis (A. H. Gentry) S. Grose (1 active accession[s])
Handroanthus chrysanthus (Jacq.) S. Grose subsp. pluvicola (A. H. Gentry) S. Grose (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Gentry, A. H. 1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):45. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
Grose, S. O. & R. G. Olmstead. 2007. Taxonomic revisions in the polyphyletic genus Tabebuia s.l. (Bignoniaceae). Syst. Bot. 32:660-670. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	yellow poui		as Tabebuia chrysantha subsp. chrysantha	1	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: as Tabebuia chrysantha
Spanish	guayacán		as Tabebuia chrysantha subsp. chrysantha	2	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: as Tabebuia chrysantha

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán	Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru		Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Reference(s)

Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):164-169. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	revegetator	potential	Zantini, A. R. & L. G. Lohmann. 2018. Handroanthus chrysotrichus. Ipê-amarelo. In: Coradin, L. et al., Espécies nativas da flora brasileira de valor econômico atual ou potencial: plantas para o futuro: região Nordeste 1129-1135. Note: cites its recognition as the national flower of Brazil
Materials	wood	as Tabebuia chrysantha	Gentry, A. H. 1980. Bignoniaceae - Part I (Crescentieae and Tourrettieae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(1):45. Note: treats as Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) Nicholson

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=454767. Accessed 12 May 2026.