*3.3. Distribution*

*T. impetiginosa* is a tree found in South and Central America and in some parts of North America. Information on the distribution of this species was obtained from www.tropicos.org [23] and a review paper on red lapacho [20]. Although it is best known for its presence in the Amazon rainforest, it is also found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, as shown in Figure 1 and Table 2.

**Figure 1.** Distribution map of *Tabebuia impetiginosa.*



! = legitimate, \* = illegitimate, \*\* = invalid.
