Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
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