Characteristics
Dicots
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.)Sw.
PRIDE-OF-BARBADOS; DWARF POINCIANA
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Not Native
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Classification
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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Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Lee
USF
Miami-Dade
GH
Monroe Keys
USF
Synonyms
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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
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