Editing Delonix regia (section)

== Common names ==
Its common names include "[[flame tree (disambiguation)|flame tree]]" (one of several species given this name), '''peacock flower''',<ref name=WoA>{{citation |url=https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/delonix_regia.htm |title=Weeds of Australia |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref> '''royal poinciana''',<ref name=WoA/> '''flamboyant''',<ref name=WoA/> '''phoenix flower''',{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} '''flame of the forest'''.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} The name ''poinciana'' comes from a genus it was once placed in named ''[[Caesalpinia#Taxonomy|Poinciana]]'' after [[Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy]], a French noble who once governed the Caribbean island of [[Saint Kitts]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rice |first1=Diana |date=8 May 1938 |title=Poinciana Trees on the Island of St. Kitts--Belgium's Coast--Swiss Rail Fares |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/05/08/archives/notes-for-the-traveler-poinciana-trees-on-the-island-of-st.html |newspaper=The New York Times |page=171}}</ref>