Galapagos Species Database
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Erythrostemon gilliesii
Ave del paraíso poinciana, barba de chivo, Bird of paradise

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
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.