Fabaceae

Erythrostemon Klotzsch

First published in J.H.F.Link, J.F.Klotzsch & C.F.Otto, Icon. Pl. Rar. 1: 97 (1841)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Brazil South

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Chile Central, Chile North, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Texas, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Angola, Arizona, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, Free State, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Libya, Madeira, Mozambique, Namibia, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sicilia, Spain, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Caesalpinia Linn.]

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Link, Klotzsch & Otto, Icon. Pl. Rar. Horti Berol. 2: 97, fig.39 (1844).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Legumes of the World Online

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