Piliostigma malabaricum
Piliostigma malabaricum is a small (sometimes ornamental) tree species in the family Fabaceae.[2][3] It was previously placed in the genus Bauhinia, but names changed with reorganisation of the subfamily Cercidoideae[4] and the tribe Bauhinieae.[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cercidoideae |
| Genus: | Piliostigma |
| Species: | P. malabaricum |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bauhinia malabarica[1] | |
This Asian species has been called the "Purple Orchid Tree" (although not to be confused with Phanera purpurea or Bauhinia variegata) and names in Vietnamese are: chân trâu and móng bò tai voi. The Catalogue of Life lists the subspecies P. malabaricum acidum.[2]
References
- Roxb (1832) In Carey & Wallich (ed.), Flora Indica 2. 321.
- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
- 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.
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