Photo: Caesalpinia pulcherrima 0.
Botanical name:
Flowering branch. Sakuya Konohana Kan, Osaka, Japan. Greenhouse. 2001-05-02.
Flowering branch. Sakuya Konohana Kan, Osaka, Japan. Greenhouse. 2001-05-02.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Engl.: pride of Barbados, red bird of paradise, peacock flower, yellow bird of paradise.
Deu.: Pfauenblume, Pfauenstrauch, Zwerg-Poinciane.
Bot. syn.: Poinciana bijuga Lour., Poinciana elata Lour., Poinciana pulcherrima L.
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