Distribution
Native to:
Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Southwest Caribbean, Venezuelan Antilles
Introduced into:
Galápagos, Hawaii
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Erythrina piscipula L. in Sp. Pl.: 707 (1753)
- Ichthyomethia piscipula (L.) Hitchc. in Gard. & Forest 4: 472 (1891)
- Ichthyomethia piscipula var. typica Stehlé & Quentin in Fl. Guadeloupe 2(2): 123 (1948), not validly publ.
- Piscidia erythrina L. in Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1155 (1759), nom. superfl.
- Piscipula erythrina (L.) Loefl. in Iter Hispan.: 275 (1758)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Erythrina piscidioides Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 120 (1826)
- Ichthyomethia communis S.F.Blake in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 9: 247 (1919)
- Piscidia communis (S.F.Blake) I.M.Johnst. in Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 71 (1924)
- Piscidia inebrians Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 394 (1787)
- Piscidia toxicaria Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 336 (1796)
- Robinia alata Mill. in Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768)
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.
- Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
- Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index.. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 17: 1-328. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
- Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
- Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Niembro Rocas, A., Vázquez Torres, M. & Sáchez Sáchez, O. (2010). Árboles de Veracruz 100 especies para la reforstación estratégica: 1-253. Gombierno del Estado de Veracruz, México.
- Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
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.
- Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.
- Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
- Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
- Isely, D. (1998). Native and Naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States: 1-1007. Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
- Jaramillo Díaz, P. & Guézou, A. (2017). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Vascular Plants - FCD Lista de especies de Plantas Vasculares de Galápagos http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/vascular-plants/.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Niembro Rocas, A., Vázquez Torres, M. & Sáchez Sáchez, O. (2010). Árboles de Veracruz 100 especies para la reforstación estratégica: 1-253. Gombierno del Estado de Veracruz, México.
- Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Adams, C. D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
- Benthall, A. P. (1946). The trees of Calcutta. Calcutta.
- Correll, D. S. & Correll, H. B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. 1692pp J. Cramer
- Liogier, A. H. (1985). La Flore de la Espanola. III
- Proctor, G. R. (1984). Fl. Cayman Islands Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. XI
- Rudd, V. E. (1969). Phytologia 18(8) :473-499 A Synopsis of the Genus Piscidia
- Standley, P. C. & Steyermark, J. A (1946). Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5) :1-425 Leguminosae
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 1, 2008 | Barrios, S. [54], Montserrat | 76688.000 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1969 | Wilson, P. [8004], Bahamas | K000764835 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1969 | Wilson, P. [8058], Bahamas | K000764836 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1969 | Northrop, J.I. [588], Bahamas | K000764837 | Yes | ||
Small, J.K. [7370], USA | K000966242 | No | |||
Curtiss, A.H. [5656], USA | K000966241 | No | |||
Curtiss, A.H. [685], USA | Piscidia erythrina | K000999229 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0