Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Erythrina L., Sp. Pl. 706-707 (1753)
Type Taxon:
Erythrina corallodendron L.
Vernacular Name(s):
coral tree
Description
Shrubs, trees, or very rarely herbs. Stems often prickly. Lvs pinnately 3-foliolate; petiolules unequal; stipules simple, small; stipels gland-like. Infl. racemose, axillary and leafless or terminal and leafy at base. Calyx truncate, split or ± 5-toothed; calyx teeth < tube. Keel straight; vexillary stamen free or connate only at base, the remainder connate to 1/2 way; anthers uniform. Style incurved; stigma small, terminal; ovules numerous. Pod linear, falcate, constricted or sinuate between the seeds, 2-valved, follicularly dehiscent by the upper suture, or rarely almost indehiscent. Seeds with an oblong hilum, estrophiolate.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Exotic: Casual | 2 |
| Total | 4 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. 2004: Woody plants of the Auckland Domain. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 59(1): 44–56.
