Erythrina megistophylla

Erythrina megistophylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Erythrininae
Genus: Erythrina
Subgenus: E. subg. Erythrina
Sectio: E. sect. Edules
Species: Erythrina megistophylla

Name

Erythrina megistophylla Diels, Biblioth. Bot. 29(116): 96. 1937.

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Erythrina ovata Pav. ex Diels, Biblioth. Bot. 29(116): 96. 1937, nom. inval. pro syn. (as Erithrina ovata)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Southern America Western South America Colombia, Ecuador, Peru (?). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Diels, L. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vegetation und Flora von Ecuador. Bibliotheca Botanica 29(116). 190 pp. E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Krukoff, B.A. 1979. Notes on the species of Erythrina. XII. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 66: 422–445. DOI: 10.2307/2398836 BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Erythrina megistophylla. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Erythrina megistophylla.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Erythrina megistophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 April 06. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2019. Erythrina megistophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Erythrina megistophylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 April 2019.

Note:

By some authors, this species is included in Erythrina edulis.

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