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Erythrina caffra  Thunb.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 820596

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Erythrina viarum Tod.
  
  Common Name(s): lucky beantree [English]
  
    Cape coraltree [English]
  
    coastal coraltree [English]
  
    coraltree [English]
  
    luckybean-tree [English]
  
    Kaapse koraalboom
 
    kuskoraalboom
 
    Küsten-Korallenbaum
 
    umsintsi
 
    umsinsi
 
    South African coral tree [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRosanae   
                         OrderFabales   
                            FamilyFabaceae  – peas, legumes  
                               GenusErythrina L. – coraltrees, koraalbome  
                                  SpeciesErythrina caffra Thunb. – lucky beantree, Cape coraltree, coastal coraltree, coraltree, luckybean-tree, Kaapse koraalboom, kuskoraalboom, Küsten-Korallenbaum, umsintsi, umsinsi, South African coral tree  
       

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  Source: Fabaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Erythrina caffra   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Krukoff, B. A., and R. C. Barneby   
  Publication Date: 1974   
  Article/Chapter Title: Conspectus of species of the genus Erythrina   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Lloydia, vol. 37, no. 3   
  Page(s): 332-459   
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  Reference for: Erythrina caffra   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martins, Milena Ventrichi, and Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Brazilian Erythrina (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Phaseoleae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, vol. 145, no. 4   
  Page(s): 398-402   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1095-5674   
  Notes: doi: 10.3159/TORREY-D-18-00003.1   
  Reference for: Erythrina caffra   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ritter, Matt   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us   
  Page(s): xxxvi + 153   
  Publisher: Heyday   
  Publication Place: Berkeley, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781597141475   
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  Reference for: Erythrina caffra, South African coral tree [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): van Wyk, Braam, Erika van den Berg, Meg Coates Palgrave, and Marie Jordaan   
  Publication Date: 2011   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dictionary of Names for Southern African Trees   
  Page(s): viii + 956   
  Publisher: Briza Publications   
  Publication Place: Pretoria, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9781920146016   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Erythrina caffra, Cape coraltree [English], coastal coraltree [English], coraltree [English], Kaapse koraalboom, kuskoraalboom, Küsten-Korallenbaum, luckybean-tree [English], umsinsi, umsintsi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Erythrina caffra Blanco [1845] is a junior homonym of Erythrina caffra Thunb. [1800] (TSN 820596)  
 

 

    


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