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Erythrina

The genus Erythrina is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Erythrina

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Erythrina abyssinica DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14 1
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina acanthophora Harv. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina acunae Borhidi Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina adansonii Hort. ex Colla Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina addisoniae Hutch. & Dalziel Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina amazonica Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina americana Mill. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina ankaranensis Du Puy & Labat Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina arborescens Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina argentea Blume ex Miq. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina atitlanensis Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina barqueroana Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina batolobium Barneby & Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina baumii Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina berenices Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina berineces Krukoff & Barneby Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina berteroana Urb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina bidwillii Lindl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × bidwillii Lindl. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina bisetosa Griff. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina blakei R.Parker Accepted L ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × blakei R. Parker Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina breviflora DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina brucei Schweinf. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina buchii Urb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina burana Chiov. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina burttii Baker f. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina caffra Thunb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina caribaea Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina castillejiflora Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina chiapasana Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina chiapasana x goldmanii Standl. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina chiriquensis Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina cobanensis Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina cochleata Standl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina coddii Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × coddii Barneby & Krukoff Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina compacta W.Bull Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina corallodendron L. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina coralloides DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina cordifolia Juss. ex DC. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina costaricensis Micheli Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × crassifolia (Koord. & Valeton) Koord. & Valeton Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina crassifolia Koord.-Schum. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina crista-galli L. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina cubensis C.Wright Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina cuneata F. Grah, in Wallich Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina decora Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina dominguezii Hassl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina droogmansiana De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina dyeri Hennessy Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × dyeri Hennessy Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina edulis Micheli Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina eggersii Krukoff & Moldenke Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina elenae R.A.Howard & W.R.Briggs Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina elenae Howard & Briggs Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina euodiphylla Hassk. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina excelsa Baker Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina falcata Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina fastigiata Paucher ex Guillaumin Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina florenciae Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × fluminensis Barneby & Krukoff Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina folkersii Krukoff & Moldenke Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina fusca Lour. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina gibbosa Cufod. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina glabrescens R. N. Parker Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina globocalyx Porsch & Cufod. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina goldmanii Standl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina greenwayi Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina grisebachii Urb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina guatemalensis Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina haerdii Verdc. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina hamiltoniana Steud. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina hazomboay Du Puy & Labat Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina hederifolia (Raf.) Spreng. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina hennessyae Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × hennessyae Barneby & Krukoff Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina herbacea L. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina hondurensis Standl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina horrida DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina huehuetenangensis Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina humeana Spreng. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina hypaphorus Boerl. ex Koord. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina incana Willd. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina insularis Bailey Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina johnsoniae Hennessy Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × johnsoniae Hennessy Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina laeta Dehnh. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina lanata Rose Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina lanceolata Standl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina lanigera P.A.Duvign. & R.Majot-Rochez Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × lanigera Duvigneaud & Rochez ex Barneby & Krukoff Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina latissima E.Mey. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina leptopoda Urb. & Ekman Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina leptorhiza DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina linearifoliata Areces Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina livingstoniana Baker Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina macrophylla DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina madagascariensis Du Puy & Labat Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina mairei H.Lév. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina × malottiorum Mabb. & Lorence Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina mediterranea Vell. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina megistophylla Diels Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina melanacantha Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14 1
Erythrina mendesii Torre Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina merrilliana Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina mexicana Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina microcarpa Koord. & Valeton Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina mildbraedii Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina mitis Jacq. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina montana Rose & Standl. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina nahasuta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina × neillii Mabb. & Lorence Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina numerosa A.R.Bean Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina oaxacana (Krukoff) Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina oliviae Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina orba Barneby & Krukoff Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina orophila Ghesq. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina ovalis Wallich ex Steudel Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina ovata Pavon ex Diels Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina pallida Britton Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina panduraeformis Blume ex Miq. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina perrieri R.Vig. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina peruviana Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina piscidioides Sweet Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina plumerii Urb. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina polychaeta Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina polysperma Pritz. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina poyanthes Brot. ex Tilloch & Taylor Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina pudica Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina pygmaea Torre Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina reniformis Buch.-Ham. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina resupinata Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina rubrinervia Kunth Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina sacleuxii Hua Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina salviiflora Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina sandwicensis Degener Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina santamartensis Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina schimpfii Diels Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina schliebenii Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina senegalensis DC. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina sigmoidea Hua Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina similis Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina smithiana Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina sousae Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina speciosa Andrews Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina standleyana Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina steyermarkii Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina stricta Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina suberosa Roxb. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk.) Merr. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina sykesii Barneby & Krukoff Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × sykesii Barneby & Krukoff Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina tahitensis Nadeaud Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina tajumulcensis Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina tholloniana Hua Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina thyrsiflora Gomez-Laur. & L.D.Gomez Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina thyrsiflora Gómez-Laur. & L.D. Gómez Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina triacantha Willd. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina tuxtlana Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina ulei Harms Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina variegata L. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina velutina Willd. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina verna Vell. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina versicolor Bojer Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina vespertilio Benth. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina × vlissengensis Hort. ex Krukoff Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina × vlissingenensis Waby ex Krukoff & Barneby Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Erythrina × vlissingensis Waby ex Krukoff & Barneby Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Erythrina vogelii Hook.f. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina warneckei Baker f. Accepted L ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina williamsii Krukoff & Barneby Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina yunnanensis S.K.Lee Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14
Erythrina zeyheri Harv. Accepted H ILDIS 2010-07-14

Statistics

The Plant List includes 392 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Erythrina. Of these 129 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 48 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Erythrina. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 392 species names for the genus Erythrina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 129 32.9%
◕ Synonym 213 54.3%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 50 12.8%

All names

The status of the 440 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Erythrina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 131 29.8%
◕ Synonym 259 58.9%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 50 11.4%

Of the species names,

A further 7 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 392 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Erythrina, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 126 156 0 0 282 71.9%
Medium confidence 1 45 0 0 46 11.7%
Low confidence 2 12 0 50 64 16.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Erythrina is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
ILDIS 128 156 0 0 7 284 72.4%
Tropicos 1 57 0 21 0 79 20.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 29 0 29 7.4%