Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Lamiales (196)
Family: Bignoniaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Jacaranda (3)
Epithet: irwinii A.H.Gentry (1)
irwinii => in honor of Howard Samuel Irwin (1928*), US American botanist