Erythrina L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 706 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Central American Pac, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Cape Verde, Chagos Archipelago, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Line Is., Madeira, Mauritius, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Réunion, St.Helena, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 2: 181.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 334 (1754).
  • Krukoff & Barneby in Lloydia 37: 332–459 (1974).
  • Sp. Pl.: 706 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Gillett in Kew Bull. 17: 77–80
  • Krukoff & Barneby in Lloydia 37: 332–459 (1974).
  • Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1971)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 316 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 706 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2013 Etuge, M. [1508] Cameroon K000749737 No
Jan 1, 2010 Clarke, G.P. [140] Mozambique K000787297 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Clarke, G.P. [140] Mozambique K001208343 Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Crawford, F. [FC723] Mozambique K000787234 Yes
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [1869] Cameroon K000436489 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Chase, N.C. [2365] Zimbabwe K000070656 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Chase, N.C. [2365] Zimbabwe K000070655 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000070659 Holotype Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Hornby, R.M. [2722] Mozambique K000070660 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Phelps, R.J. [283] Zimbabwe K000070652 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Hornby, R.M. [2722] Mozambique K000070661 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Methuen, Lord [307] Zimbabwe K000070658 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Scudder, T. [76] Zambia K000070657 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Pope, G.; Biegel, H.; Russell, E. [1511] Zimbabwe K000070654 Yes
Sep 11, 2001 Drummond, R.B. [7786] Zimbabwe K000070653 Yes
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4572] Cameroon K000337805 Yes
Oct 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9717] Cameroon K000051301 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Spruce, R. [5005] Ecuador K000200900 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Smith, P.A. [2928] Botswana K000489677 Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Wild, H. [7702] Malawi K000070651 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Greenway [1974] Tanzania K000418412 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1938 Spruce, R. [s.n.] K000200898 Yes
Cheek, M. [7474] Cameroon K000093841 Yes
Harris, T. [45] Mozambique K000545045 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 5965] India K001122669 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sequeira, V.; Flores, P, [09] Ecuador K:SPC-57214.000 No
Lee; Benson; Leung, M.S. [E 004/ B 156] K:SPC-71409.000 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Clegg, R.; Martinez, M.T.; Parada, A. [29391] Bolivia K000544577 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5965] K001122668 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll [351] China K003974239 No
Melchor-Castro, RB; Arista, P.; Balvin, R [1343] Peru K001612347 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5960] K001122652 Unknown Type Material Yes
Welwitsch [2231] Angola K000418410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1882] Sudan K000418349 Isosyntype Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [5490] Kenya K:SPC-15698.000 No
Schlieben [5237] K000418413 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1799] Sudan K000418347 Isosyntype Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5965] India K001122670 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5964] India K001122667 Unknown Type Material Yes
Etuge, M. [1585] Cameroon K:SPC-63807.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5967] K001122672 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [60] Sudan K000418346 Type Yes
Hepper, F.N. [937] Nigeria K:SPC-04965.000 No
Lee; Benson; Leung, M.S. [E 005/ B 157] K:SPC-71408.000 No
Pennington, T.D.; et al. [13230] Bolivia K:SPC-57410.000 No
Gosline, G. [93] Cameroon K000460247 No
Schweinfurth, G. [1868] Sudan K000418348 Isosyntype Yes

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