Fabaceae
Erythrina

Erythrina velutina Willd.

First published in Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 3: 426 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean to S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Aruba, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Gulf of Guinea Is., Sri Lanka, Uganda, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M., Barberá, P., Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Fero, M. & Aedo, C. (2014). Checklist of the vascular plants of Annobón (Equatorial Guinea). Phytotaxa 171: 1-78.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Willd., Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Neue Schr. 3: 426 (1801).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • López, R., Sarmiento, C., Espitia, L., Barrero, A., Consuegra, C., & Gallego, B. (2016). 100 plantas del Caribe colombiano. Usar para conservar: aprendiendo de los habitantes del bosque seco. (1ra ed.). Panamericana.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Adams, C. D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  • Dale, I. R. (1953). A descriptive list of the introduced trees of Uganda
  • Howard, R. A. et al. (1988). Dicotyledoneae Part 1. Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum
  • Lewis, G. P. (1987). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia
  • Maxwell, R. H. (1991). In: Dassanayake, M. D. & Fosberg, F. R. (Eds.) A revised handbook

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2001 Fiaschi, P.; Lobão, A.Q.; Costa, F.N. [832] Brazil K000931036 Yes
Jun 1, 1998 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [28209] Brazil K000206675 Yes
May 1, 1995 Hatschbach, G.G.; Guimarães, O. [45020] Brazil K000931033 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Queiroz, L.P.; Nascimento, N.S. [4000] Brazil K000206676 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Sena, T.S.N. [3105] Brazil K000206212 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Arbo, M.M.; Mello-Silva, R.; Vicente, J. [5490] Brazil K000206218 Yes
Nov 1, 1986 Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5971] Brazil K000206216 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Lewis, G.P.; Pearson, H.P.N. [1115] Brazil K000206211 Yes
Apr 1, 1981 Fevereiro, V.P.B.; Mayo, S.J.; Barbosa Silva, M.; Padua Oliveira, A.G.; Flor, J. [M5I] Brazil K000206215 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mori, S.A.; Santos, T.S.; Thompson, C.B. [11141] Brazil K000206208 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Duarte, A.P. [10594] Brazil K000206214 Yes
Jan 1, 1968 Hanbury-Tracy, J. [287] Colombia K001474254 Yes
Pedra Cavalo, G.; Scardino; Noblick; Paranhos; Guedes; Queiroz; Paganucci [843] Brazil K000206213 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7912] Brazil K000931034 Yes
Lima, H.C.; Faria, S.M.; Brito, H.S. [3931A] Brazil K000206210 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [7912] Brazil K000931035 Yes
Lima, H.C.; Faria, S.M.; Brito, H.S. [3931A] Brazil K000206209 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Mello Silva, R.; Pirani, J.R.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR7511] Brazil K000206217 Yes
Glaziou [6171] Brazil K000931032 Yes
Venezuela K001474245 Yes
Venezuela K001474246 Yes
Venezuela K001474247 Yes
Venezuela K001474248 Yes
Ecuador K001474249 Yes
Ecuador K001474250 Yes
Ecuador K001474251 Yes
Ecuador K001474252 Yes
Ecuador K001474253 Yes
Colombia K001474254 Yes
Galapagos Islands K001474255 Yes
Peru K001474256 Yes
Peru K001474257 Yes
Peru K001474258 Yes
Peru K001474259 Yes
Peru K001474260 Yes
Peru K001474261 Yes
Venezuela K001474262 Yes
Venezuela K001474263 Yes
Jan 1, 1938 Ridley; Lea; Ramage [35] Brazil Erythrina velutina f. aurantiaca K000206207 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0