Piliostigma malabaricum

Piliostigma malabaricum
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Piliostigma malabaricum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Cercidoideae
Tribe: Bauhinieae
Genus: Piliostigma
Species:
P. malabaricum
Binomial name
Piliostigma malabaricum
Synonyms

Bauhinia malabarica[1]

Piliostigma malabaricum is a small (sometimes ornamental) tree species in the family Fabaceae.[2] It was previously placed in the genus Bauhinia, but names changed with reorganisation of the subfamily Cercidoideae[3] and the tribe Bauhinieae.[4]

This species is native to Tropical Asia and N. Australia;[5] it has been called the "Purple Orchid Tree" (although not to be confused with Bauhinia purpurea or Bauhinia variegata) and names in Vietnamese are: chân trâu and móng bò tai voi. There are no intraspecific names according to Plants of the World Online.[5]

References

  1. ^ Roxb (1832) In Carey & Wallich (ed.), Flora Indica 2. 321.
  2. ^ ILDIS World Database of Legumes Archived May 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny" (PDF). Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  4. ^ Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): A phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region". Botany. 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065.
  5. ^ a b Plants of the World Online: Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.
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