Fabaceae Lindl.
Erythrina L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 706 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 316 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 218 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 252 BHL [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 41 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 93 [secondary reference]
common name: Coral trees [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 143 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 129, 200 [secondary reference]
common name: Coral Tree [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 326 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: From Greek erythros, red: on account of the red flowers.
Britton, N.L. & Wilson, Percy (16 June 1924), Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 5(3): 427 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Erythrina corallodendron L.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 479 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 258 [secondary reference]
common name: Coral Tree [n/a]
Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 169-170 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 601 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 121 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 319-320 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Erythrina. Flora of New South Wales 2: 413 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 112 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Corallodendron Mill. legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region: 398 [secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 216 [secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 180 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 78 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Erythrina. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 585 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 209 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 317-318 [secondary reference]
Bean, A.R. (18 December 2008), A taxonomic revision of Eryrthrina L. (Fabaceae: Faboideae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 7(4): 642 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Corallodendron Mill. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI, ChI, NT, SA, Qld (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)