Editing Spathodea (section)

==Geographic distribution==
*Native to: Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
*Exotic in: Australia, Bangladesh,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/article/1471856/ফুটেছে-রুদ্রপলাশ |title = ফুটেছে রুদ্রপলাশ {{!}} প্রথম আলো| date=18 April 2018 }}</ref>[[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], Costa Rica, Cuba, Fiji, [[Hawaii]], India, Jamaica, [[Mauritius]], [[Mexico]], Papua New Guinea, [[Puerto Rico]], Sri Lanka, [[Zanzibar]], Philippines

It has become an [[invasive species]] in many tropical areas, such as Hawaii, Queensland (Australia), Fiji, Papua New Guinea, South Africa<ref>{{Cite web|title=African tulip tree – Invasive Species South Africa|url=https://invasives.org.za/fact-sheet/african-tulip-tree/|access-date=17 February 2022|language=en-US}}</ref> and the wet and intermediate zones of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{citation |title=Invasive Species Compendium|url=http://www.cabi.org/isc/?compid=5&dsid=51139&loadmodule=datasheet&page=481&site=144}} and Lalith Gunasekera, ''Invasive Plants: A guide to the identification of the most invasive plants of Sri Lanka'', Colombo 2009, pp. 70–71.</ref>{{clear|left}}

''Spathodea campanulata'' is a [[list of common weeds of Queensland|declared class 3 pest species in Queensland]], Australia, under the ''Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002''.<ref>{{citation | title=Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route) Regulation 2003 (Qld) – Schedule 2}}</ref> It is known to be toxic to Australian native [[stingless bee]]s, such as ''Lipotriches (Austronomia) flavoviridis''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Flaherty |first1=Antonia |title=Brisbane beekeeper creates editable map to track African tulip trees killing native stingless bees |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-17/beekeper-creates-tree-map-to-save-native-bees/13156240 |access-date=18 February 2021 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=17 February 2021}}</ref>