Bauhinia purniyagiriensis Prasad et al. 2017 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Full reference: M. Prasad, A. K. Kannaujia, S. Kumar and S. K. Singh. 2017. Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. The Palaeobotanist 66:223-312

Belongs to Bauhinia according to M. Prasad et al. 2017

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 purpurea, Bauhinia ramthiensis, Bauhinia ripleyensis, Bauhinia scandens, Bauhinia siwalika, Bauhinia tomentosa, Bauhinia ungulata, Bauhinia variegata, Bauhinia wenshanensis, Bauhinia wyomingana

Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 41336, a leaf. Its type locality is Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1, which is in a Miocene fluvial claystone in the Lower Formation of India.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1

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