Erythrina L.
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, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Réunion, St.Helena, Wallis-Futuna Is.
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Chirocalyx Meisn. in London J. Bot. 2: 97 (1843)
- Corallodendron Mill. in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4.: s.p. (1754)
- Duchassaingia Walp. in Linnaea 23: 741 (1850)
- Hypaphorus Hassk. in Hort. Bogor. Descr.: 197 (1858)
- Macrocymbium Walp. in Flora 36: 149 (1853)
- Micropteryx Walp. in Linnaea 23: 739 (1851)
- Mouricou Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 326 (1763)
- Stenotropis Hassk. in Retzia 1: 183 (1855)
- Tetradapa Osbeck in Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 93 (1757)
- Xyphanthus Raf. in Fl. Ludov.: 103 (1817)
Accepted Species
- Erythrina abyssinica Lam.
- Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.
- Erythrina acunae Borhidi
- Erythrina addisoniae Hutch. & Dalziel
- Erythrina amazonica Krukoff
- Erythrina americana Mill.
- Erythrina ankaranensis D.J.Du Puy & Labat
- Erythrina arborescens Roxb.
- Erythrina atitlanensis Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina barqueroana Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina batolobium Barneby & Krukoff
- Erythrina baumii Harms
- Erythrina berenices Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina berteroana Urb.
- Erythrina bogotensis W.Bull
- Erythrina breviflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Erythrina brucei Schweinf.
- Erythrina buchii Urb.
- Erythrina burana Chiov.
- Erythrina burttii Baker f.
- Erythrina caffra Thunb.
- Erythrina calcicola Tetsana & Poopath
- Erythrina caribaea Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina castillejiflora Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina chiapasana Krukoff
- Erythrina chiriquensis Krukoff
- Erythrina cobanensis Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina cochleata Standl.
- Erythrina × coddii Barneby & Krukoff
- Erythrina corallodendron L.
- Erythrina costaricensis Micheli
- Erythrina crista-galli L.
- Erythrina cubensis C.Wright
- Erythrina decora Harms
- Erythrina droogmansiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Erythrina × dyeri Hennessy
- Erythrina edulis Triana ex Micheli
- Erythrina eggersii Krukoff & Moldenke
- Erythrina elenae R.A.Howard & W.R.Briggs
- Erythrina euodiphylla Hassk.
- Erythrina excelsa Baker
- Erythrina falcata Benth.
- Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney
- Erythrina florenciae Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina folkersii Krukoff & Moldenke
- Erythrina fusca Lour.
- Erythrina gibbosa Cufod.
- Erythrina globocalyx Porsch & Cufod.
- Erythrina goldmanii Standl.
- Erythrina greenwayi Verdc.
- Erythrina grisebachii Urb.
- Erythrina guatemalensis Krukoff
- Erythrina haerdii Verdc.
- Erythrina hazomboay D.J.Du Puy & Labat
- Erythrina × hennessyae Barneby & Krukoff
- Erythrina herbacea L.
- Erythrina hondurensis Standl.
- Erythrina horrida Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Erythrina huehuetenangensis Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina humeana Spreng.
- Erythrina insularis F.M.Bailey
- Erythrina × johnsoniae Hennessy
- Erythrina lanata Rose
- Erythrina lanceolata Standl.
- Erythrina × lanigera J.Duvign. & Rochez ex Barneby & Krukoff
- Erythrina latissima E.Mey.
- Erythrina leptopoda Urb. & Ekman
- Erythrina leptorhiza Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Erythrina linearifoliata Areces
- Erythrina livingstoniana Baker
- Erythrina longipes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Erythrina lysistemon Hutch.
- Erythrina macrophylla DC.
- Erythrina madagascariensis D.J.Du Puy & Labat
- Erythrina melanacantha Taub. ex Harms
- Erythrina merrilliana Krukoff
- Erythrina mexicana Krukoff
- Erythrina microcarpa Koord. & Valeton
- Erythrina mildbraedii Harms
- Erythrina mitis Jacq.
- Erythrina mulungu Mart. ex Benth.
- Erythrina nigrorosea (Krukoff & Barneby) G.L.Nesom
- Erythrina numerosa A.R.Bean
- Erythrina oaxacana (Krukoff) Barneby
- Erythrina oliviae Krukoff
- Erythrina orophila Ghesq.
- Erythrina pallida Britton & Rose
- Erythrina perrieri R.Vig.
- Erythrina peruviana Krukoff
- Erythrina petraea Brandegee
- Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook
- Erythrina polychaeta Harms
- Erythrina pudica Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina pygmaea Torre
- Erythrina resupinata Roxb.
- Erythrina rubrinervia Kunth
- Erythrina sacleuxii Hua
- Erythrina salviiflora Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina sandwicensis O.Deg.
- Erythrina santamartensis Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina schimpffii Diels
- Erythrina schliebenii Harms
- Erythrina senegalensis DC.
- Erythrina sierra G.L.Nesom
- Erythrina sigmoidea Hua
- Erythrina similis Krukoff
- Erythrina smithiana Krukoff
- Erythrina sousae Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina speciosa Andrews
- Erythrina standleyana Krukoff
- Erythrina steyermarkii Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina stricta Roxb.
- Erythrina suberosa Roxb.
- Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk.) Merr.
- Erythrina tahitensis Nadeaud
- Erythrina tajumulcensis Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina tholloniana Hua
- Erythrina thyrsiflora Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez
- Erythrina tuxtlana Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina ulei Harms
- Erythrina variegata L.
- Erythrina velutina Willd.
- Erythrina verna Vell.
- Erythrina vespertilio Benth.
- Erythrina vogelii Hook.f.
- Erythrina wieringae Maesen
- Erythrina williamsii Krukoff & Barneby
- Erythrina zeyheri Harv.
Publications
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? |
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Oct 1, 2013 | Etuge, M. [1508], Cameroon | K000749737 | No | ||
Dec 1, 2000 | Etuge, M. [4572], Cameroon | K000337805 | No | ||
Oct 1, 2000 | Cheek, M. [9717], Cameroon | K000051301 | No | ||
Hepper, F.N. [937], Nigeria | 4965.000 | No | |||
Pennington, T.D. [13230], Bolivia | 57410.000 | No | |||
Etuge, M. [1585], Cameroon | 63807.000 | No | |||
Lee [E 005/ B 157] | 71408.000 | No | |||
Lee [E 004/ B 156] | 71409.000 | No | |||
Gosline, G. [93], Cameroon | K000460247 | No | |||
Cheek, M. [7474], Cameroon | K000093841 | No |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
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Legumes of the World Online
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0