Four new species of Bauhinia sect. Pauletia and a new description of Bauhinia burchellii Bentham (Leguminosae) from Brazil

Angela Maria Studart da Fonseca Vaz; GWILYM P. LEWIS

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.239.3.7

Issue: Vol. 239 No. 3: 24 December 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-24

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.239.3.7

Page range: 264–272

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**Four new species of Bauhinia sect. Pauletia and a new description of Bauhinia burchellii Bentham (Leguminosae) from Brazil**

Angela Maria Studart da Fonseca Vaz⁺⁻
GWILYM P. LEWIS⁺⁻

Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, DIPEQ. Rua Pacheco Leão 915. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22460-050, Brazil

Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom

Taxonomy Leguminosae Bauhinia Eudicots Brazil

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Abstract

Four new species of Bauhinia sect. Pauletia ser. Cansenia from Brazil are described: Bauhinia funchiana, Bauhinia malmeana, Bauhinia piresii and Bauhinia uberlandiana. All four are trees or treelets lacking tendrils and prickles. Flowers are arranged in pairs in pseudoracemes, each flower has a tubular hypanthium over 1.5 cm long and a calyx that is lobed at anthesis. In addition, the buds and flowers of B. burchellii are described for the first time.