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The confused nomenclature of an Old World species of Bauhinia ( Leguminosae : Caesalpinioideae ), correctly B. roxburghiana
Author(s) -
Bandyopadhyay Subir
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.562031
Subject(s) - caesalpinioideae , bauhinia , botany , biology , nomenclature , fabaceae , taxonomy (biology)
Bauhinia emarginata Roxb. ex G. Don (1832), non Mill. (1768), nec Jack (1822) has been found to be conspecific with B. retusa Roxb. (1832), non Poir. (1811). So B. roxburghiana Voigt (1845) (≡ B. emarginata Roxb. ex G. Don), the first available name for this Old World species of Bauhinia , is reinstated here, setting aside B. semla Wunderlin (1976) (≡ B. retusa Roxb.), which is also found to be an illegitimate name.