Delonix

Rafinesque

Fl. Tellur. 2: 92. 1837.

Common names: Flamboyant flame tree royal poinciana
Introduced
Etymology: Greek delos, evident, and onyx, claw, alluding to petals
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.

Trees, unarmed. Stems spreading, puberulent. Leaves alternate, even-bipinnate; stipules present; petiolate; pinnae 11–20 pairs, opposite; leaflets 20–50[+], blade margins entire, surfaces puberulent or glabrate. Inflorescences 20–25-flowered, axillary to subterminal, racemes, corymblike; bracts present, caducous. Flowers caesalpinioid; calyx nearly actinomorphic, valvate, lobes 5; corolla scarlet and yellow; stamens 10, declined, slightly connate basally; anthers dorsifixed. Fruits legumes, stipitate, compressed, straight, oblong, dehiscent on ground, woody, glabrous. Seeds 20–40, slightly compressed, oblong. x = 14.

Distribution

Introduced; Florida, sw Asia, e Africa, Indian Ocean Islands (Madagascar), introduced widely.

Discussion

Species 11 (1 in the flora).

Delonix is a genus primarily of Madagascar, with nine species endemic there; one species is endemic to Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia, and one is widespread in east Africa, Arabia, and India.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

... more about "Delonix"
Neil A. Harriman† +
Rafinesque +
Flamboyant +, flame tree +  and royal poinciana +
Florida +, sw Asia +, e Africa +, Indian Ocean Islands - Madagascar +  and introduced widely. +
Greek delos, evident, and onyx, claw, alluding to petals +
Fl. Tellur. +
Introduced +
Delonix +
Fabaceae subfam. Caesalpinioideaeexcludingmimosoidclade +