Bauhinia purpurea

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
Species: Bauhinia purpurea

Name

Bauhinia purpurea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 375 (1753)

Lectotype: Rheede, Hort. Malabar. 1: t. 33 (1678) [designated by Isely 1975: 189]
Note: Neotypification made by de Wit (1956: 407–409) [E.D. Merrill Sp. Blancoanae 1050 (from cultivated trees, Manila, Luzon, Philippines, October 1916; L.1962633^(GBIF) [sh. no. 930.278-111]; Isoneotype: US [US00318724 (874783)^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}])] was superseded by Isely's lectotypification.

Synonyms

Bauhinia castrata Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 331 (1837)
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.
Bauhinia kurzii Prain
Bauhinia rosea Kurz
Bauhinia triandra Roxb.
Caspareopsis purpurea (L.) Pittier
Casparia castrata (Blanco) Hassk.
Perlebia purpurea (L.) A.Schmitz
Phanera kurzii (Prain) Thoth.
Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.
Phanera rosea Rich. ex Teijsm. & Binn.
Telestria purpurea (L.) Raf.
Heterotypic
- Bauhinia purpuracea var. corneri de Wit, Reinwardtia 3(4): 409 (1956)
  - Type: Furtado s.n. (19 November 1935; Holotype: SING).
  - Type locality: Singapore. Bot. Gard. Singapore.
- Bauhinia purpuracea var. violacea de Wit, Reinwardtia 3(4): 409 (1956)
  - Type: Henderson s.n. (September 1935; Holotype: SING).
  - Type locality: Singapore. Bot. Gard. Singapore.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Myanmar.
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Borneo, China South-Central (Yunnan), China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi), Cuba, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Iraq, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Blanco, M. 1837. Flora de Filipinas. Segun el Sistema sexual de Linneo. 887 pp., Impr. de St. Thomas, Manila. Biblioteca Digital MDZ Reference page.
Chen, D.-z., Zhang, D.-x., Larsen, K. & Larsen, S.S. 2010. Bauhinia purpurea. Pp. 7, 9, 10 in Wu, Zh.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 10: Fabaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-91-7. efloras Reference page.
de Wit, H.C.D. 1956. A revision of Malaysian Bauhinieae. Reinwardtia 3(4): 381–539. DOI: 10.55981/reinwardtia.1956.984 [nonfunctional] (PDF). Reference page.
Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States. II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 25(2): 1–228. Reference page.
Merrill, E.D. 1918. Species Blancoanae. A critical revision of the Philippine species of plants described by Blanco and Llanos. 432 pp., Bureau of Printing, Manila. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. [see page 172]

Links

Bauhinia purpurea L., Catalogue of Life. Accessed: 22 June 2024.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Bauhinia purpurea. Accessed: 2024 June 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Bauhinia purpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Bauhinia purpurea. Published online. Accessed: 22 June 2024.
Tropicos.org 2020. Bauhinia purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 September 2020.
Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス」). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2024 June 22

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: ৰঙা কাঞ্চন
বাংলা: দেবকাঞ্চন
English: Purple Bauhinia
हिन्दी: कोविदार
日本語: ムラサキソシンカ
Jawa: Suwoto
Bahasa Melayu: Tapak Kuda
မြန်မာဘာသာ: မဟာလှေကားနီ
नेपाली: टाँकी
Nederlands: Snijbonenboom
Sunda: Aroj (Ki) Kupu Kupu
தமிழ்: மந்தாரை
中文: 羊蹄甲

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