Erythrina poeppigiana, AAraujoM2930--Bolivia. F. Tamayo. W of Apolo. Rio Machariapu. 17 Sep 06. 475.jpg
Native to Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela; introduced into Angola, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, El Salvador, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, Leeward Is., Malaya, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Apolo)
-14.423056, -67.923889
Location Remarks
Madidi, San Jose-Bala, Chalalan, senderos Anta, Tucan y Wabucuro, Bosque amazonico preandino, planicie con dominancia de Iriartea deltoidea, Socratea exhorriza, Otoba parvifolia, Pachira insignis, Quararibea witti y Celtis schippii. 350 m elev.
Collectors
Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, M. Cornejo, E. Ticona
Location
Costa Rica, Cartago (La Casona del Cafetal)
Location Remarks
Orosi Valley, La Casona del Cafetal, NW of small town of Cachi and next to Lago de Cachi
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Erythrina
Specific Epithet
poeppigiana
Authorship
(Walp.) O.F.Cook
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#285,979 of 335,497
Top 86%
Extinction probability
5%
