Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Nomencl. ref.: Observ. Bot. (Swartz) 166. 1791 [May-Jul 1791]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Pride-of-Barbados
English name: Barbados flower-fence English name: Barbados-pride
Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Poinciana pulcherrima L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Caesalpinia
Species:
Page counter: 5063 ( AVG: 281.53 / 2942.29 )
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
F flava flowers and seed pods at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Leaves seedpods and flowers at Sun Yat Sen Park Keokea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Habit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers leaves and seedpods at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
F flava flowers and seed pods at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Habit at Kalepolepo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowering habit at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Cv Compton branch at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
F flava flowers at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at cv Compton Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowers at Kalepolepo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Tracey Slotta - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Red and yellow at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Flowering habit at Pukalani, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Cv Compton flowers at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, FL, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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