Delonix regia

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

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

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

Synonyms

Delonix regia • Delonix regia (Bojer Ex Hook.) Raf. • Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf. • Delonix regia var. flavida Stehle • Delonix regia var. genuina Stehle • Poinciana regia • Poinciana regia Hook.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Vulnerable, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Tree , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Delonix

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

D. baccal (Poinciana) · D. decaryi (Flamboyant Tree) · D. elata (White Gul Mohur) · D. floribunda (Poinciana) · D. leucantha (Poinciana) · D. pumila (Poinciana) · D. regia (Flamboyant) · D. regia 'Kampong Yellow' (Flamboyant Tree) · D. regia 'Smathers Gold' (Royal Poinciana)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Barneby RC and Forero E, 1994/1995 (from ILDIS World Database of Legumes).
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• Carr, Gerald
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• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

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: 204700
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1B010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DERE
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34611

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