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Erythrina

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Erythrina

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs with woody rootstocks, usually armed with prickles.

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Leaves: Leaves compound (pinnately trifoliate). Alternate. Blades often deciduous when flowering. Petiolate. Stipules present; Leaflets glandular–stipellate.

Flowers: Flowers grouped in fascicles of (2)3(–6) spirally on the inflorescence axis, inflorescences racemose, erect or horizontal. Flowers papilionaceous, bisexual (perfect). Calyx campanulate, tubular, or spathaceous, sometimes cleft or bilabiate, sometimes with apical teeth. Corolla usually red or orange, standard much larger than wings and keel, keel petals distinct or coherent. Stamens 10, monadelphous or diadelphous. Ovary superior, stipitate, pubescent; ovules usually 8–15; style glabrous; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Pods subligneous; chartaceous; or fleshy; rarely aculeate or winged; often deeply constricted between the seeds and moniliform. Seeds red; particolored (red and black); or brown; usually firm and smooth.

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Historical Distribution

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Accepted Subtaxa (in Hawai'i) (99)

Erythrina abyssinica Lam.
Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.
Erythrina addisoniae Hutch. & Dalziel
Erythrina amazonica Krukoff
Erythrina americana Mill.
Erythrina americana × Erythrina berteroana
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 breviflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Erythrina brucei Schweinf.
Erythrina burana Chiov.
Erythrina burttii Baker f.
Erythrina caffra Thunb.
Erythrina chiapasana Krukoff
Erythrina chiriquensis Krukoff
Erythrina cobanensis Krukoff & Barneby
Erythrina cochleata Standl.
Erythrina corallodendron L.
Erythrina costaricensis Micheli
Erythrina crista-galli L.
Erythrina cubensis C.Wright
Erythrina decora Harms
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 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 guatemalensis × Erythrina herbacea
Erythrina guatemalensis × Erythrina macrophylla
Erythrina guatemalensis × Erythrina standleyana
Erythrina herbacea L.
Erythrina hondurensis Standl.
Erythrina horrida Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Erythrina huehuetenangensis Krukoff & Barneby
Erythrina humeana Spreng.
Erythrina lanata Rose
Erythrina lanceolata Standl.
Erythrina latissima E.Mey.
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 mitis Jacq.
Erythrina mulungu Mart. ex Benth.
Erythrina nigrorosea (Krukoff & Barneby) G.L.Nesom
Erythrina numerosa A.R.Bean
Erythrina oliviae Krukoff
Erythrina pallida Britton & Rose
Erythrina perrieri R.Vig.
Erythrina peruviana Krukoff
Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook
Erythrina pudica Krukoff & Barneby
Erythrina rubrinervia Kunth
Erythrina sacleuxii Hua
Erythrina salviiflora Krukoff & Barneby
Erythrina sandwicensis O.Deg.
Erythrina schliebenii Harms
Erythrina senegalensis DC.
Erythrina sigmoidea Hua
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 tuxtlana Krukoff & Barneby
Erythrina variegata L.
Erythrina velutina Willd.
Erythrina vespertilio Benth.
Erythrina zeyheri Harv.
Erythrina × bidwillii Lindl.
Erythrina × malottiorum Mabb. & Lorence
Erythrina × neillii Mabb. & Lorence
Erythrina × sykesii Barneby & Krukoff

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 706 (1753)

Occurrences

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