Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales
Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Unassigned genera
Genus: Erythrina
Subgenus: E. subg. Erythrina
Sectio: E. sect. Acanthocarpae
Species: Erythrina acanthocarpa
Name
Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey.
References
E. H. F. Meyer & J. F. Drège, Comm. pl. Afr. austr. 151. 1836
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erythrina acanthocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Erythrina acanthocarpa (common name - Tambuki thorn)[2] is a species of Erythrina in the family Fabaceae, and was first described in 1835 by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer.[1][3] It is found in South Africa, where it is native to the Cape and Northern Provinces, but introduced in Free State.[1] It is a succulent, nitrogen-fixing shrub.[4]
Etymology
The species epithet, acanthocarpos, derives from two Greek words, akanthos (spine, thorn) and karpos (fruit) and thus describes the plant as having spiny fruits.[5]
Conservation status
Under the South African Red Listing of taxa under threat, it is listed as being of "least concern."[2]
References
"Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
"Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
Meyer, E.H.F. (1835). Commentariorum de plantis Africae Australioris :quas per octo annos collegit observationibusque manuscriptis. Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drege. Leipzig. p. 151.
"Erythrina acanthocarpa E. Mey. - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
"acanthocarpus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
External links
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