Bauhinia aculeata

Bauhinia aculeata

Bauhinia aculeata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Cercidoideae
Genus: Bauhinia
Sectio: B. sect. Pauletia
Series: B. ser. Aculeatae
Species: Bauhinia aculeata
Subspecies: B. a. subsp. aculeata – B. a. subsp. grandiflora

Name

Bauhinia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 374 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Bauhinia albiflora Britton & Rose in N.L. Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 203 (1930).
  • Bauhinia bredemeyeri Vogel, Linnaea 13: 302 (1839).
  • Bauhinia emarginata Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 5 (1768).
  • Bauhinia glandulosa (Kunth) DC., Prodr. 2: 513 (1825).
  • Bauhinia mirandina Pittier, Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 1: 13 (1927).
  • Bauhinia mollicella Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 32 (1918).
  • Bauhinia mollifolia Pittier, Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 1: 14 (1927).
  • Bauhinia rotundata Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 7 (1768).
  • Bauhinia schultzei Harms, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 210 (1928).
  • Bauhinia ungula Jacq., Fragm. Bot.: 22 (1800).
  • Bauhinia ungula Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 192 (1840).
  • Pauletia glandulosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 314 (1824).

Homonyms

• Bauhinia aculeata Vell. = Bauhinia forficata Link subsp. forficata

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela. Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Panamá. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Caribbean Haiti, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago (introduced), Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 374. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bauhinia aculeata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bauhinia aculeata. Published online. Accessed: Sep 04 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Bauhinia aculeata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Sep 2020.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Bauhinia aculeata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 04. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bauhinia aculeata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

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