Bauhinia divaricata Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 374. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part B)
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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.
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BM
156