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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

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Erythrina abyssinica DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina addisoniae Hutch. & Dalziel	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina amazonica Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina americana Mill.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina ankaranensis Du Puy & Labat	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina arborescens Roxb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina atitlanensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina barqueroana Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina batolobium Barneby & Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina baumii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina berenices Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina berteroana Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina bidwillii Lindl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina blakei R.Parker	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina breviflora DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina brucei Schweinf.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina buchii Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina burana Chiov.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina burttii Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina caffra Thunb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina caribaea Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina castillejiflora Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina chiapasana Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina chiriquensis Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina cobanensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina cochleata Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina coddii Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina corallodendron L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina coralloides DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina costaricensis Micheli	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina crista-galli L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina cubensis C.Wright	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina decora Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina dominguezii Hassl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina droogmansiana De Wild. & T.Durand	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina dyeri Hennessy	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina edulis Micheli	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina eggersii Krukoff & Moldenke	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina elenae R.A.Howard & W.R.Briggs	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina euodiphylla Hassk.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina excelsa Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina falcata Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina florenciae Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina folkersii Krukoff & Moldenke	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina fusca Lour.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina gibbosa Cufod.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina globocalyx Porsch & Cufod.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina goldmanii Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina greenwayi Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina grisebachii Urb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina guatemalensis Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina haerdii Verdc.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina hazomboay Du Puy & Labat	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina hennessyae Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina herbacea L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina hondurensis Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina horrida DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina huehuetenangensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina humeana Spreng.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina insularis Bailey	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina johnsoniae Hennessy	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina lanata Rose	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina lanceolata Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina lanigera P.A.Duvign. & R.Majot-Rochez	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina latissima E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina leptopoda Urb. & Ekman	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina leptorhiza DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina livingstoniana Baker	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina lysistemon Hutch.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina macrophylla DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina madagascariensis Du Puy & Labat	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina megistophylla Diels	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina melanacantha Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina mendesii Torre	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina merrilliana Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina mexicana Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina microcarpa Koord. & Valeton	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina mildbraedii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina mitis Jacq.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina montana Rose & Standl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina oaxacana (Krukoff) Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina oliviae Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina orophila Ghesq.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina pallida Britton	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina perrieri R.Vig.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina peruviana Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina polychaeta Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina pudica Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina pygmaea Torre	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina resupinata Roxb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina rubrinervia Kunth	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina sacleuxii Hua	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina salviiflora Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina sandwicensis Degener	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina santamartensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina schimpfii Diels	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina schliebenii Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina senegalensis DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina sigmoidea Hua	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina similis Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina smithiana Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina sousae Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina speciosa Andrews	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina standleyana Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina steyermarkii Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina stricta Roxb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina suberosa Roxb.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina subumbrans (Hassk.) Merr.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina sykesii Barneby & Krukoff	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina tahitensis Nadeaud	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina tajumulcensis Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina tholloniana Hua	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina thyrsiflora Gomez-Laur. & L.D.Gomez	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina tuxtlana Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina ulei Harms	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina variegata L.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina velutina Willd.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina verna Vell.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina versicolor Bojer	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina vespertilio Benth.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina vogelii Hook.f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina warneckei Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina williamsii Krukoff & Barneby	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina yunnanensis S.K.Lee	Accepted		ILDIS
Erythrina zeyheri Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 315 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Erythrina. Of these 128 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 45 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 315 species names for the genus Erythrina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	128	40.6%
◕	Synonym	151	47.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	36	11.4%

All names

The status of the 360 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Erythrina recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	132	36.7%
◕	Synonym	192	53.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	36	10.0%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as a spelling variant

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

The confidence with which the status of the 315 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	108	0	0	234	74.3%
	Medium confidence	0	35	0	0	35	11.1%
	Low confidence	2	8	0	36	46	14.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Erythrina, are as follows: