Fabaceae
Piliostigma

Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.

First published in F.A.W.Miquel, Pl. Jungh.: 261 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Asia to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

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

Heterotypic Synonyms

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?
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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images