Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Bignoniacea (18)(family description)
Genus: Jacaranda (3)
Epithet: irwinii A.H.Gentry (1)
irwinii => in honor of Howard Samuel Irwin (1928*), US American botanist