Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Delonix regia

Fabaceae Lindl.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Fabales(ordo)
Fabaceae(fam.)
Delonix(gen.)
regia(sp.)

Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.

, legitimate

, scientific

Rafinesque, C.S. (1837), Flora Telluriana 2

:

92

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.

legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Lapinpuro, L. (24 April 1986), Alterations to the census of New South Wales plants.

:

710

[secondary reference]

Wiecek, B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Delonix.

Flora of New South Wales

:

313

[secondary reference]

common name:

Royal Poinciana

[n/a]

Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Caesalpiniaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

196

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.

legitimate

common name:

Flamboyant

[n/a]

common name:

Poinciana

[n/a]

common name:

Flame Tree

[n/a]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2

:

32, Fig. 13

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.

legitimate

common name:

Orange Flame Tree

[n/a]

common name:

Poinciana

[n/a]

Ross, J.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Delonix.

Flora of Australia

:

59

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Poinciana regia Bojer ex Hook.

legitimate

common name:

Royal Poinciana

[n/a]

common name:

Flamboyant

[n/a]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs.

Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs

:

58

[secondary reference]

Swarbrick, J.T. & Hart, R. (2000), Environmental weeds of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and their management.

Plant Protection Quarterly

:

54-56

[secondary reference]

common name:

flame tree

[n/a]

common name:

poinciana

[n/a]

Wiecek, B. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Delonix.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

366

[secondary reference]

common name:

Royal Poinciana

[n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines

:

Code 1119

[secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

102

[secondary reference]

common name:

Royal Poinciana

[n/a]

common name:

Flamboyant

[n/a]