Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Characteristics
Dicots
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.)Sw.
PRIDE-OF-BARBADOS; DWARF POINCIANA
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Not Native
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Classification
FABALES
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.)Sw. - PRIDE-OF-BARBADOS; DWARF POINCIANA
Citation
CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA (Linnaeus) Swartz, Observ. Bot. 166. 1791.
Poinciana pulcherrima Linnaeus 1753.
INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Breyne, Exot. Pl. Cent. t. 22. 1678). Lectotypified by Roti-Michelozzi, Webbia 13: 214. 1957.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Lee
USF
 
Miami-Dade
GH
 
Monroe Keys
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Caesalpinia pulcherrima forma flava
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linnaeus) Swartz, forma flava (L. H. Bailey & Rehder) DeFilipps, Orn. Gard. Pl. Guianas 85. 1992, non (O. Degener) H. St. John 1973.
BASIONYM: Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. flava L. H. Bailey & Rehder 1900.
 
Caesalpinia pulcherrima forma flava
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linnaeus) Swartz, forma flava (O. Degener) H. St. John, Pacific Trop. Bot. Gard. Mem. 1: 179, 370. 1973.
BASIONYM: Poinciana pulcherrima Linnaeus, forma flava O. Degener 1938.
 
Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. flava L. H. Bailey & Rehder, in L. H. Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 206. 1900.
 
 
Poinciana elata
Poinciana elata Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 261. 1790.
 
 
Poinciana pulcherrima
Poinciana pulcherrima Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 380. 1753.
 
TYPE: INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Breyne, Exot. Pl. Cent. t. 22. 1678). Lectotypified by Roti-Michelozzi, Webbia 13: 214. 1957.
Poinciana pulcherrima forma flava
Poinciana pulcherrima Linnaeus, forma flava O. Degener, New Ill. Hawaii Fl. 1: Fam. 169b. 1938.
 
TYPE: HAWAII: Cult. in Oahu, without data, Degener & Salucop 11319 (holotype: ?).
Poinciana pulcherrima var. flava
Poinciana pulcherrima Linnaeus, var. flava (L. H. Bailey & Rehder) F. T. Hubbard & Rehder, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: 9. 1932.
BASIONYM: Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Linnaeus) Swartz, var. flava L. H. Bailey & Rehder 1900.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Counties listed: Boone, Bronx, Cameron, Dallas, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Maricopa, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Ngai Distr., Pinellas, Pingtung, Polk, Sarasota, St. Elizabeth Par.

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1841 - 1998

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
Jamaica
 
 
1844
s.n.
F. R. Holland
 
China
 
 
09 Jul 1998
23158
S. Y. Hu
CULTIVATED.
Taiwan
 
Pingtung Co.
17 Dec 1976
9573
C. E. Chang
CULTIVATED.
USA
Arizona
Maricopa Co.
30 Apr 1970
s.n.
D. J. Pinkava
CULTIVATED.
USA
Arizona
Maricopa Co.
16 Sep 1967
1049
H. Tate
CULTIVATED.
Turkmenistan
Balkan Prov.
 
18 Oct 1900
1279
J. F. Freyer
CULTIVATED.
Mexico
Colima
 
08 Sep 1970
2782
D. Burch
Jamaica
Cornwall Co.
St. Elizabeth Par.
1841
s.n.
J. Wolle
 
Honduras
Cortés Dept.
 
09 Jan 1984
114
E. J. Paredes
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
Jul 1971
4100
D. Burch
CULTIVATED.
Plant Photos
Caesalpinia pulcherrima -
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - 10
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - 10
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - 198
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - 255
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