Fabaceae
Erythrina

Erythrina vespertilio Benth.

First published in T.L.Mitchell, J. Exped. Trop. Australia: 218 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Papua New Guinea to Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bean, A.R. (2008). A taxonomic revision of Erythina L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7: 641-658.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bean, A.R. (2008). A taxonomic revision of Erythina L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7: 641-658.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Bailey, L. H. & Bailey, E. Z. (1976). Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan
  • Elliot, W. R. & Jones, D. L. (1980). Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vols. 1-5. (1980-1990)
  • Ellison, D. P. (1995). Cultivated plants of the World-trees, shrubs, climbers. Brisban
  • Harden, G. J. (Ed.) (1991). Flora of New South Wales, Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 2, 2005 Mitchell, T.L. [189], Australia K000279274 holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Cunningham, A. [230], Australia K000279283 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Clement, E. [s.n.], Australia K000279285 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Ward, J. [s.n.], Australia K000279282 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia K000279267 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Hill [103], Australia K000279271 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia K000279275 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Schultz, F. [s.n.], Australia K000279277 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Fraser [s.n.], Australia K000279273 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 leg. ign. [s.n.], Australia K000279276 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Damel [s.n.], Australia K000279270 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Mueller [s.n.], Australia K000279278 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Mitchell [s.n.], Australia K000279268 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Brown, R. [s.n.], Australia K000279269 Yes
Jan 1, 1969 MacGillivray [s.n.], Australia K000279279 Yes
Fitzalan [s.n.], Australia K000279280 Yes
Michell, W.A. [s.n.], Australia K000279272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000900617 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Australia K000279265 isotype Yes
Bailey, F.M. [s.n.], Northern Territory K000279281 isotype Yes

Sources

  • 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 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

  • 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