Phanera coccinea is the type species of the genus Phanera: a "climbing shrub"[2] in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia.[3] Under its synonym Bauhinia coccinea, its Vietnamese names include "quạch" and "mấu".[4] Records of distribution exist from the subtropical and tropical forests of Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and South-central China.[2]

Phanera coccinea
Phanera coccinea flowers and leaves
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Phanera
Species:
P. coccinea
Binomial name
Phanera coccinea
Synonyms
  • Bauhinia coccinea (Lour.) DC.
  • Bauhinia mastipoda Pierre ex Gagn. is P. coccinea subsp. coccinea

Accepted infraspecifics

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pods of Phanera coccinea subsp. coccinea

Plants of the World Online lists:[2]

  1. Phanera coccinea subsp. coccinea
  2. Phanea coccinea subsp. tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Mackinder & R.Clark (Yunnan, Indochina)

References

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  1. ^ de Loureiro J (1790) Flora Cochinchinensis: 37.
  2. ^ a b c POWO: Phanera coccinea Lour. (retrieved 25 February 2023)
  3. ^ Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnLtrnF region". Botany. 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065.
  4. ^ Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I, entry 3457; publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
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