Erythrina poeppigiana

Erythrina poeppigiana, called the mountain immortelle, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Erythrina, native to northern and western South America, and introduced to various places in Central America, the Caribbean, Africa, India and tropical Asia.[2][3] Its striking display of orange flowers has led to its use as an ornamental street tree. It is the emblematic state tree of Mérida, Venezuela. Widely cultivated, it is a nitrogen fixer and a source of fodder.[4]

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  Blue-gray tanager
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  Red-crowned woodpecker
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Erythrina poeppigiana
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Erythrina
Species:	E. poeppigiana
Binomial name
Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Erythrina amasisa Spruce Erythrina micropteryx Poepp. ex Urb. Erythrina pisamo Posada-Ar. Erythrina poeppigiana f. redmondii Steyerm. & Lasser Micropteryx poeppigiana Walp.

References

1. U.S.D.A. Div. Bot. Bull. 25: 57 (1901)
2. "Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
3. "Erythrina poeppigiana mountain immortelle". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
4. "Erythrina poeppigiana". tropicalforages.info. Tropical Forages. 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.