Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.
Distribution
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia
Introduced into:
Sierra Leone
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Bauhinia malabarica Roxb. in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 2: 321 (1832)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Bauhinia acida Reinw. ex Korth. in Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot.: 86 (1841)
- Bauhinia bacuria Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 5793 (1831), not validly publ.
- Bauhinia baueriana Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 191 (1840)
- Bauhinia castrata Hassk. in Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 54 (1842), nom. illeg.
- Bauhinia hawkesiana F.M.Bailey in Queensland Agric. J., n.s., 15: 897 (1921)
- Bauhinia malabarica var. reniformis Royle ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 277 (1878)
- Bauhinia platyphylla Zipp. ex Span. in Linnaea 15: 201 (1841), not validly publ.
- Bauhinia purpurea DC. ex Walp. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 448 (1852), not validly publ.
- Bauhinia reniformis Royle ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 277 (1878)
- Bauhinia rugulosa Blume ex Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 73 (1855)
- Piliostigma acidum (Reinw.) Benth. in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 261 (1852)
- Piliostigma malabaricum var. acidum (Reinw. ex Korth.) de Wit in Reinwardtia 3: 531 (1956)
- Piliostigma malabaricum var. reniforme (Royle ex Baker) Thoth. in Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 19: 131 (1967)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Bandyopadhyay, S. (2020). Personal Communication on Fabaceae, Cercidoideae. 1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Bauhinia malabarica.]
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html. [Cited as Bauhinia malabarica.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
- Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
International Legume Database and Information Service
- Lock, J. M. (1985). Specimen in Herb. Kew
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Sep 11, 1995 | Garroway, R.W. [s.n.], Australia | K000760935 | Yes | ||
Garroway, R.W. [s.n.], Australia | K000760936 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [5793] | K000760940 | Yes | |||
Royle, J.F. [s.n.], India | K000760941 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5793] | Bauhinia malabarica | K001122146 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5793] | Bauhinia malabarica | K001122147 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5793] | Bauhinia malabarica | K001122148 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5793], India | Bauhinia malabarica | K001122149 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5793] | Bauhinia malabarica | K001122145 | Yes | ||
Burchell [8086], Brazil | Bauhinia platyphylla | K000264684 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images