PLANTS Profile for Caesalpinia pulcherrima (pride-of-Barbados)

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PLANTS Profile

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
pride-of-Barbados

Symbol:

CAPU13

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Photo of Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. Uganda, Kabalega Falls National Park, Para Lodge. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

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Synonyms:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

POPU12

Poinciana pulcherrima L.

Distribution:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.


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USA (AZ, CA, FL, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 24 species in Caesalpinia

Classification:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Caesalpinia L. – nicker
Species	Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. – pride-of-Barbados

Introduced Information:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26511.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 01:10 AM MDT