Erythrina × bidwillii Lindl., 1849

Common names

🇫🇷 Erythrina

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Erythrininae
Genus: Erythrina
Species: Erythrina × bidwillii

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Notes

Artificial hybrid of E. crista-galli L., 1767 × E. herbacea L., 1753.

Named after John Carne Bidwill (1815-1853), a British botanist.

Photographs

img/erythrina-bidwillii.webp — Erythrina × bidwillii

Sources

Mabberley, D.J. (1996). Plant introduction and hybridisation in colonial New South Wales: the work of John Carne Bidwill, Sydney’s first director. Telopea, 6(4), 541-562. Royal Botanical Gardens and Domain Trust. https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19963023