= Bignonia catalpa L.; Sp. Pl. 622 (1753)
= Bignonia spectabilis Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 106 (1796)
= Bignonia triloba T.Freeman & Custis; Account Red River: 46 (1807)
= Catalpa arborea Baill.; J.-B. Payer, Leçons Fam. Nat.: 214 (1872)
= Catalpa bignonioides f. aurea (Mast.) Schelle; Beissn. et al., Handb. Laubholzben.: 434 (1903)
= Catalpa bignonioides f. koehnei (Hesse) Paclt; Beissn. et al., Handb. Laubholzben.: 434 (1903)
= Catalpa bignonioides f. nana (Otto & A.Dietr.) Paclt; Beissn. et al., Handb. Laubholzben.: 434 (1903)
= Catalpa bignonioides f. pulverulenta (Rob.) Paclt; Candollea 13: 263 (1952)
= Catalpa bignonioides f. variegata (Bureau) Paclt; Candollea 13: 261 (1952)
= Catalpa bignonioides var. aurea (Mast.) Lavallée ex Bureau; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 6: 183 (1894)
= Catalpa bignonioides var. koehnei (Hesse) Dode; Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1907: 206 (1907)
= Catalpa bignonioides var. nana (Otto & A.Dietr.) Bureau; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 6: 183 (1894)
= Catalpa bignonioides var. pulverulenta (Rob.) Bean; Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 1: 312 (1914)
= Catalpa bignonioides var. variegata Bureau; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 6: 183 (1894)
= Catalpa catalpa (L.) H.Karst.; Deut. Fl.: 927 (1882), nom. inval.
= Catalpa communis Dum.Cours.; Bot. Cult. 2: 189 (1802), nom. superfl.
= Catalpa cordifolia Moench; Methodus 465 (1794)
= Catalpa pumila Beck & Abel; Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 15: 317 (1890), nom. inval.
= Catalpa speciosa f. albovariegata (Schwer.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 659 (1949)
= Catalpa speciosa f. pulverulenta (Rob.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 659 (1949)
= Catalpa speciosa var. albovariegata Schwer.; Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 2: 289 (1910)
= Catalpa speciosa var. pulverulenta (Rob.) W.Paul & G.Paul; Gard. Mag. (London) 53: 30 (1910)
= Catalpa syringifolia Sims; Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1094 (1808), nom. superfl.
= Catalpa syringifolia var. aurea Mast.; Gard. Chron. 1871: 1322 (1871)
= Catalpa syringifolia var. koehnei Hesse; Gartenflora 52: 47 (1903)
= Catalpa syringifolia var. nana Otto & A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 112 (1851)
= Catalpa syringifolia var. pulverulenta Rob.; Gard. Ill. 30: 289 (1908)
= Catalpa ternifolia Cav.; Descr. Pl.: 26 (1801), nom. superfl.
= Catalpa tibetica Forrest; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 155 (1921)
= Catalpa umbraculifera Ugolini; Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 1888: 330 (1888)
= Catalpium amena Raf.; Fl. Ludov.: 139 (1817), nom. superfl.