Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
Full reference: H. H. Meng and Z. K. Zhou. 2014. Systematic descriptions, in New biogeographic insight into Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): integration from fossil records and molecular analyses. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:181
Belongs to Bauhinia according to H. H. Meng and Z. K. Zhou 2014
Sister taxa: Bauhinia aculeata, Bauhinia acuminata, Bauhinia alabamensis, Bauhinia cretacea, Bauhinia deomalica, Bauhinia divaricata, Bauhinia gigantea, Bauhinia kachchhensis, Bauhinia marylandica, Bauhinia nepalensis, Bauhinia pseudocotyledon, Bauhinia purniyagiriensis, Bauhinia purpurea, Bauhinia ramthiensis, Bauhinia ripleyensis, Bauhinia scandens, Bauhinia siwalika, Bauhinia tomentosa, Bauhinia ungulata, Bauhinia variegata, Bauhinia wyomingana
Type specimen: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, DMS-0019, a leaf. Its type locality is Dashidong, Wenshan (shale unit), which is in a Miocene lacustrine - large shale in the Xiaolongtan Formation of China.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Dashidong, Wenshan (shale unit)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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