Delonix regia

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Overview

Small to mid-sized tree from Madagascar, with a flat to umbrella-shaped canopy and brilliant, orange-red flowers.

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Caesalpiniaceae

The Caesalpiniaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 150 genera and 2,200 species. The leaves are stipulate , alternate, and mostly pinnately compound but may be bipinnate or simple . Like the other legume families the petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus. The flowers are in racemes , spikes or cymes, are zygomorphic, and are mostly weakly to strongly perigynous. The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each; the petals are distinct , overlapping (i.e. , imbricate) in bud, with the posterior one (flag or banner ) innermost in position. The androecium usually consists of 1-10 distinct or variously united stamens, some of which are commonly reduced to nonfunctional staminodes. The pistil is simple, consisting of one style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald Carr

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial • Coppice Potential: No • Progagated by Bulbs: No • Propagated by Bare Root: No • Propagated by Container: Yes • Propagated by Corms: No • Propagated by Cuttings: No • Propagated by Seed: Yes • Propagated by Sod: No • Propagated by Sprigs: No • Propagated by Tubers: No • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Year Round • Fruit/Seed Period End: Year Round • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15' apart.

Soil: Adapted to Medium Textured: Adapted to Medium Textured Soils • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No • Anaerobic Tolerance: Low • Salinity Tolerance: Medium • CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium • Minimum pH: 4.0 • Maximum pH: 7.0 • Fertility Requirement: Low

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun . • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: Medium • Minimum Precipitation: 40 • Maximum Precipitation: 100 • Moisture Use: Medium

Temperature: Minimum Temperature (F): 31 • Minimum Frost Free Days: 365 • Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Delonix regia (Bojer Ex Hook.) Raf.
2. Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf.
3. Delonix regia var. flavida Stehle
4. Delonix regia var. genuina Stehle
5. Poinciana regia Hook.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Place of publication : Fl. tellur. 2:92. 1837

Name verified on 17-Jun-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Jun-1998.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Delonix

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. a · D. alata · D. baccal (Poinciana) · D. boiviniana · D. brachycarpa · D. decaryi (Flamboyant Tree) · D. elata (Creamy Peacock Flower) · D. floribunda (Poinciana) · D. leucantha (Poinciana) · D. leucantha bemarahensis · D. leucantha gracilis · D. leucantha leucantha · D. leucantha subsp. bemarahensis · D. leucantha subsp. gracilis · D. pumila (Poinciana) · D. regia (Flame of the Forest) · D. regia 'Kampong Yellow' (Flamboyant Tree) · D. regia 'Smathers Gold' (Royal Poinciana) · D. regia 'Supernova' · D. regia var. flavida · D. tomentosa · D. velutina

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Further Reading

• A contribution to the botany of the Isle of Pines, Cuba, based upon the specimens of plants from that island contained in the herbarium of the Carnegie Museum under date of October, 1916. By O.E. Jennings. [n.p., 1917] ENG url p. 126, p. 130.
• Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 497.
• Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- ENG url p. 126, p. 130, p. 483.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 526.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 12, p. 561, p. 584.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 155, p. 179, p. 190, p. 357.
• Carotenoids, their comparative biochemistry. New York, Chemical Pub. Co., 1954. ENG url p. 331, p. 54.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959 –. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Chloroplast pigments and chromatographic analysis. University Park, Pennsylvania State University[1958] ENG url p. 147.
• Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands / by Elbert L. Little, Jr., and Frank H. Wadsworth. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1964. ENG url p. 168, p. 176, p. 177, p. 535.
• Du Puy, D. J. et al. 1995. Kew Bull. 50:466.
• Du Puy, D.J., Phillipson, P.B. and Rabevohitra, R. 1995. The genus Delonix (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Caesalpinieae) in Madagascar. Kew Bulletin 50(3): 445-475.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Flora Telluriana. Determ. coll. inv. obs. et descr. ad C.S. Rafinesque. Philadelphia[Printed for the author by H. Probasco]1836. ENG url p. 92.
• Flora of Bermuda by Nathaniel Lord Britton New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1918. ENG url p. 174, p. 569.
• Flora of Costa Rica by Paul C. Standley Chicago, 1937. ENG url p. 519.
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Notes

Contributors

• Barneby RC and Forero E, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS World Database of Legumes).
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 5, 2006.
• Carr, Gerald
• Du Puy, D. et al. 1998. Delonix regia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Du Puy, D. et al. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plant Characteristics Database. Accessed April 17, 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Banco Nacional de Germoplasma Vegetal, México (BANGEV, UACH)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-XAL)
• GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• SysTax
• SysTax: Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874646
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-786
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107023-3
• GRIN Nomen Number: 13400
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26656
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 107023-3
• IUCN ID: 32947
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1B010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DERE
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34611

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