Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Erythrina smithiana Krukoff

porotillo, common coral bean

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Erythrina

Species
smithiana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1995

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Dodson, C.H. Gentry, A.H. (1978) Flora of the Río Palenque Science Center: Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. Selbyana 4(1–6): i–xxx, 1–628.
  • Dodson, C.H. Gentry, A.H. & F. M. Valverde (1985) La Flora de Jauneche: Los Ríos, Ecuador. Fl. Zonas Vida Ecuador 1–512.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Erythrina smithiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1046. Accessed 3 November 2026.