Re-Correcting the Scientific Nomenclature of Species of Erythrina Trees Introduced to Libya

Sami Mohammed Salih¹ , Ahmed Amrajaa Abdulrraziq²

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Vol.11 , Issue.2 , pp.8-12, Apr-2024

Online published on Apr 30, 2024

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Abstract :
Erythrina spp. known as South African coral, one of the ornamental trees common in many countries worldwide, its presence was recently reported in Libya in 2019 AD as Erythrina humeana Spreng. This work was carried out to verify the taxonomic status of these trees in Al-Bayda City, Libya, after describing them accurately, reviewing the taxonomic keys for this genus and reviewing the digital herbarium (NYBG). The results and discussions of this study focused on the morphological characteristics of this species and its scientific name. The results of the taxonomic morphological field study showed that tree species found in Al-Bayda City belong to named is back to Erythrina lysistemon Hutch., not the previously known name Erythrina humeana Spreng., due to the presence of fundamental differences in several morphological characteristics (height, flower structure, leaf shape and flowering date). In this work, we propose to rename this species as E.lysistemon Hutch., as a preliminary treatment.

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Erythrina spp., Scientific named, Libya

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