ఎరిత్రినా

ఎరిత్రినా (Erythrina; ) పుష్పించే మొక్కలలో ఫాబేసి కుటుంబానికి చెందిన ప్రజాతి. దీనిలో సుమారు 130 జాతులు ఉష్ణ, సమశీతోష్ణ మండలాలలో విస్తరించాయి. ఇవి ఎక్కువగా చెట్లుగా సుమారు  ఎత్తు పెరుగుతాయి. దీని పేరు గ్రీక్ పదమైన ερυθρóς (erythros), అనగా "ఎరుపు," రంగు పువ్వుల ఆధారంగా వచ్చినది.

కొన్ని జాతులు

 Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC. (East Africa)
 Erythrina americana Mill. – Colorín, Tzompāmitl (Mexico)
 Erythrina ankaranensis Du Puy & Labat (Madagascar)
 Erythrina atitlanensis Krukoff & Barneby
 Erythrina berteroana Urb.
 Erythrina burana Chiov. (Ethiopia)
 Erythrina caffra Thunb. – Coastal Coral Tree (Southeastern Africa)
 Erythrina corallodendron L. (Hispaniola, Jamaica)
 Erythrina coralloides D.C. – Flame Coral Tree, Naked Coral Tree (Arizona in the United States, Mexico)
 Erythrina crista-galli L. – Cockspur Coral Tree, ceibo, seíbo, bucaré (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay)
 Erythrina decora Harms
 Erythrina edulis Micheli – Basul (Andes)
 Erythrina eggersii Krukoff & Moldenke – Cock's-spur, espuela de gallo, piñón espinoso (United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico)
 Erythrina elenae Howard & Briggs (Cuba)
 Erythrina euodiphylla Hassk. ex Backh. (Indonesia)
 Erythrina falcata Benth. – Brazilian Coral Tree (Brazil)
 Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney
 Erythrina fusca Lour. – Purple Coral Tree, bois immortelle, bucaré anauco, bucayo, gallito (Pantropical)
 Erythrina haerdii Verdc. (Tanzania)
 Erythrina hazomboay Du Puy & Labat (Madagascar)
 Erythrina herbacea L. – Coral Bean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal, Cardinal Spear (Southeastern United States, Northeastern Mexico)
 Erythrina humeana Spreng. – Natal Coral Tree, Dwarf Coral Tree, Dwarf Kaffirboom, Dwarf Erythrina (South Africa)
 Erythrina lanceolata Standl.
 Erythrina latissima E.Mey.
 Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. – Common Coral Tree, Transvaal Kaffirboom, Lucky Bean Tree (South Africa)
 Erythrina madagascariensis Du Puy & Labat (Madagascar)
 Erythrina megistophylla (Ecuador)
 Erythrina mulungu Diels Mart. – Mulungu (Brazil)
 Erythrina perrieri R.Viguier (Madagascar)
 Erythrina poeppigiana (Walp.) O.F.Cook – bucare ceibo
 Erythrina polychaeta Harms (Ecuador)
 Erythrina rubrinervia Kunth
 Erythrina sacleuxii Hua (Kenya, Tanzania)
 Erythrina sandwicensis O.Deg. – Wiliwili (Hawaii)
 Erythrina schimpffii Diels (Ecuador)
 Erythrina schliebenii Harms – Lake Latumba Erythrina (extinct: 1938)
 Erythrina senegalensis DC.
 Erythrina speciosa Andrews (Brazil)
 Erythrina stricta Roxb. – Mandara (Southeast Asia)
 Erythrina suberosa Roxb.
 Erythrina tahitensis Nadeaud (Tahiti)
 Erythrina tuxtlana Krukoff & Barneby (Mexico)
 Erythrina variegata L. – Indian Coral Tree, Tiger's Claw, Sunshine Tree, Roluos Tree (Cambodia), deigo (Okinawa), drala (Fiji), madar (Bangladesh), man da ra ba (Tibet), thong lang (Thailand), vông nem (Vietnam)
 Erythrina velutina Willd. (Caribbean, South America, Galápagos Islands)
 Erythrina vespertilio Benth. – Bat's Wing Coral Tree, Grey Corkwood, "bean tree" (Australia)
 Erythrina zeyheri Harv. – Ploughbreaker

Horticultural hybrids:
 Erythrina ×bidwillii Lindl.
 Erythrina ×sykesii Barneby & Krukoff

Formerly placed here 
 Butea monosperma (Lam.) మోదుగ. (as E. monosperma Lam.)
 Piscidia piscipula (L.) Sarg (as E. piscipula L.)

మూలాలు

బయటి లింకులు 
 List of species of Erythrina from LegumeWeb
 Photo gallery - Coral Tree (Erythrina lysistemon) 

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