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Its common names include "flame tree" (one of several species given this name), peacock flower, [4] royal poinciana, [4] flamboyant, [4] phoenix flower, [citation needed] flame of the forest. [ citation needed ] The name poinciana comes from a genus it was once placed in named Poinciana after Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy , a French noble ...
Melipotis acontioides, the royal poinciana moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the southern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Florida) [1] through Mexico and Central America to Brazil, Argentina and the Galápagos Islands.
Poinciana may refer to: Delonix regia or royal poinciana, a tree; Caesalpinia pulcherrima, a shrub; Poinciana, a synonym of the legume genus Caesalpinia; Poinciana, Florida, a place "Poinciana" (song), a 1936 standard song composed by Nat Simon and Buddy Bernier; Poinciana (Ahmad Jamal album), featuring the above song
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Delonix is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. [4] It contains trees that are native to Madagascar and East Africa.By far the best known species is the Royal Poinciana ().
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas.It could be native to the West Indies, [3] but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. [2]