Bauhinia purpurea L.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Fabales

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bauhinia purpurea L.

Bauhinia castrata Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 331 (sp. nov.) = BAUHINIA
PURPUREA Linn.; Blanco op. cit. ed. 2 (1845) 231; ed. 3, 2'(1878) '
66.
Blanco described Bauhinia castrata from a specimen observed
in cultivation in a garden at Pasig, Rizal Province; BAilon. He
later reduced it to Bauhinia purpurea Linn., which Fernandez-
Villar considered to be the correct disposition of. it. As Bauhi-
nia purpurea .Linn, after long search, was not to be found in
the Philippines, cultivated or otherwise, I considered this
position of Blanco’s species to Be erroneous. I am now of the
opinion, however, that the reduction to Bauhinia purpurea Linn,
was correct, as Blanco’s description conforms closely to the
characters of the Linnean species, which is, moreover, widely
cultivated as an ornamental plant;, it has been re-introduced
into the Philippines in recent times.
Illustrative specimen from cultivated trees, Manila, Luzon,
October, 1916 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 1050), *'
Fidi K. & S.S. Larsen 1987
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