Bauhinia divaricata Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 374. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B) Jarvis, Charlie    Bauhinia divaricata Linnaeus ,  Species Plantarum 1 : 374. 1753  L3XN L. Linnaeus 1753 Magnoliopsida Fabaceae Bauhinia Plantae Fabales Tracheophyta species divaricata      Bauhinia divaricataLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum1: 374. 1753.  "Habitat in America." RCN: 2949.   Lectotype(Stearn, Introd. Linnaeus'Sp. Pl.(Ray Soc. ed.): 47. 1957): [icon] "  Bauhiniafoliis quinquenerviis: lobis acuminatis remotissimis" in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 156, t. 15. 1738. - Voucher: Herb. Clifford: 156,  Bauhinia2 ( BM).   Generitypeof  BauhiniaLinnaeus(vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 152. 1929).   Note: Bauhinia aculeatawas treated as the generitypeof  Bauhiniaby Britton & Wilson ( Bot. Porto Rico Virgin Is.5: 362. 1924) (see McNeill & al. in Taxon36: 362. 1987). However, under 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Codeand is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Hitchcock'schoice ( Prop. Brit. Bot.: 152. 1929) of  B. divaricataL. 2612079442 BM 156