Galapagos Species Database

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

Erythrostemon gilliesii (Hook.) Klotzsch

Ave del paraíso poinciana, barba de chivo, Bird of paradise

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Fabales

Family
Fabaceae

Genus
Erythrostemon

Species
gilliesii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Caesalpinia gilliesii (Wall. ex Hook.) D. Dietr.;

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2003

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

  • WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
  • Aecyo, P. Marques, A., Huettel, B., Silva, A., Esposito, T., Ribeiro, E., Leal, I. R., Gagnon, E., Souza, G., Pedrosa-Harand, A. (2021) Plastome evolution in the Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) and its application in phylogenomics and populations genetics Planta, 254:27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-021
  • Gagnon, E. Bruneau, A., Hughes, C. E., Paganucci de Queiroz, L.,, Lewis, G. P. (2016) A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) PhytoKeys 71: 1–160. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203

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"Galapagos Species Database, Erythrostemon gilliesii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20243. Accessed 6 July 2025.