Delonix

Delonix is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3] It contains trees that are native to Madagascar and East Africa. By far the best known species is the Royal Poinciana (D. regia).

Delonix
Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Genus: Delonix
Raf.[1]
Type species
Delonix regia
Species

See text

Synonyms

Aprevalia Baill.[1]

The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words δηλος (delos), meaning "evident," and ονυξ (onyx), meaning "claw," referring to the petals.[4] The common name, Poinciana, comes from a former genus of the same name in which the members of the current genus Delonix were classified along with plants now placed in the genus Caesalpinia.

Selected species
ImageScientific nameDistribution
Delonix baccal (Chiov.) Baker f.Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Delonix boiviniana (Baill.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix brachycarpa (R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix decaryi (R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix elata (L.) GambleEast Africa, southern Arabia east to western India
Delonix floribunda (Baill.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix pumila Du Puy, Phillipson & R.Rabev.Madagascar
Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.Royal Poinciana (Madagascar)[5]
Delonix tomentosa (R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar
Delonix velutina (R.Vig.) CapuronMadagascar

References
  1. "Genus: Delonix Raf". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-05. Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  2. "Delonix Raf". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  3. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  4. Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
  5. "Subordinate Taxa of Delonix Raf". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-22.

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