Taxon:
Erythrina herbacea L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:706. 1753
Verified:
03/17/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Krukoff, B. A. & R. C. Barneby. 1974. Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina. Lloydia 37:370.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
- Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980-. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
- Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
- Turland, N. J. & C. E. Jarvis. 1997. Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Taxon 46:469. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: lectotypify
- Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida
Common names
English
cardinal-spear – Cherokee-bean – coral-bean – red-cardinal –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | e. & s. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas (s.), Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina (s.e.), South Carolina (e. & s.)]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (e.)]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Tamaulipas]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |