{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Speciesbox | name = Butterfly Tree | image = Erblichia odorata (butterfly tree) 02.jpg | image_caption = Flowers of ''Erblichia odorata '' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | display_parents = 2 | genus = Erblichia | parent_authority = Seem. | species = odorata | authority = Seem. | range_map = Erblichia odorata locator map.png | synonyms = {{Species list |Erblichia odorata var. mollis |(Standl. & Steyerm.) L.O.Williams |Erblichia standleyi |Steyerm. |Erblichia xylocarpa |(Sprague & L.Riley) Standl. & Steyerm. |Erblichia xylocarpa var. mollis |Standl. & Steyerm. |Piriqueta odorata |(Seem.) Urb. |Piriqueta xylocarpa |Sprague & L.Riley }} }}
'''''Erblichia odorata''''' is the sole member of the monotypic genus ''Erblichia''.<ref name="POWO" /><ref name=":0" /> It is colloquially known as Butterfly tree or Flor de Mayo.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Erblichia Seem. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39580-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-05-20 |title=We found a passionflower tree! Its name is Flor de Mayo (Erblichia odorata) |url=https://flaar-mesoamerica.org/2022/05/20/we-found-a-passionflower-tree-its-name-is-flor-de-mayo-erblichia-odorata/ |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=FLAAR MESOAMERICA |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Description ==
=== Morphology === ''E. odorata'' is a large tree that can reach heights of 40 meters.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Gama |first1=Lilia |last2=Narave |first2=H |last3=Moreno |first3=R |date=1985 |title=TURNERACEAE |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51225403#page/3/mode/1up |journal=Flora de Veracruz |volume=47 |via=BHL}}</ref>
==== Floral morphology ==== Flowers are orange, solitary and range from 6 - 11.5 cm long.<ref name=":1" /> Unlike other genera of Turneroideae which exhibit distyly, ''E. odorata'' does not.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shore |first1=Joel S. |last2=Arbo |first2=Maria M. |last3=Fernández |first3=Aveliano |date=2006 |title=Breeding system variation, genetics and evolution in the Turneraceae |journal=New Phytologist |language=en |volume=171 |issue=3 |pages=539–551 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01807.x |issn=0028-646X |pmid=16866957 |doi-access=free |hdl-access=free |hdl=11336/41821}}</ref>
== Taxonomy == The genus was named in honour of Ch. Erblich, a German court garden-master in Hannover.<ref>{{cite book |last=Burkhardt |first=Lotte |url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin |year=2018 |isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 |location=Berlin |language=German |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition |format=pdf |doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |access-date=1 January 2021 |s2cid=187926901}}</ref> It was first described and published in Bot. Voy. Herald in 1854.<ref name="POWO" />
Although the genera was originally composed of five species, these are currently classified as heterotypic synonyms.<ref name="POWO" />
== Distribution == Its native range is Mexico to Central America. It is found in the countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.<ref name="POWO" /> thumb|Image of ''Erblichia odorata''
== Conservation status == As of 2019, ''E. odorata'' is classified as least concern and does not have any listed known threats.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146822714/146826887 |title=Erblichia odorata: Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T146822714A146826887 |last=IUCN |date=2019-03-20 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature |doi=10.2305/iucn.uk.2019-2.rlts.t146822714a146826887.en |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Passifloraceae Category:Monotypic Malpighiales genera Category:Plants described in 1854 Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa named by Berthold Carl Seemann Category:Passifloraceae genera