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June 2025

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Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

This species name was first published in Observ. Bot. : 166 (1791)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000214363.

Synonyms of Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Caesalpinia hispida (G.Don) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 2: 1495 (1840) wfo-0000173980
Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. flava L.H.Bailey & Rehder wfo-0000203388
Poinciana pulcherrima L. Sp. Pl. : 380 (1753) wfo-0000214372
Radackia amicorum Cham. & Endl. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 186 (1836) wfo-0000406159
Poinciana hispida G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 433 (1832) wfo-0000466290
Poinciana pulchra Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 326 (1796) wfo-0000468407
Poinciana alata Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 333 (1768) wfo-0000469768
Poinciana pulcherrima f. flava (F.T.Hubb. & Rehder) O.Deg. Fl. Hawaiiensis 169b: [s.p.] (1938) wfo-0001052862
Poinciana bijuga Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 333 (1768) wfo-0001054949
Caesalpinia pulcherrima f. flava (F.T.Hubb. & Rehder) H.St.John Pac. Trop. Bot. Gard. , Mem. 1: 179 (1973) wfo-0001060078
Caesalpinia pulcherrima var. insignis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 166 (1891) wfo-0001379758
Poinciana pulcherrima var. flava F.T.Hubb. & Rehder Bot. Mus. Leafl. 1: 9 (1932) wfo-0001411779