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Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-08
Page range: 237–252
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A synopsis of the neotropical genus Schnella (Cercideae: Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae) including 12 new combinations

Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK. University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK.
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE, UK. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, UK.
Fabaceae Bauhinia Phanera lianas

Abstract

The genus Bauhinia sens. lat. formerly accommodated numerous species that have now been transferred to one of several segregate genera. One of those genera, Schnella, includes all neotropical liana species with tendrils. This study comprises a summary of the taxonomic and nomenclatural history of Schnella, and presents a list of names accepted under Schnella, including 12 new combinations. We recognise here a total of 53 taxa including 47 species. Distribution details for each taxon are given, illustrated with a map showing numbers of taxa within the TDWG regions of the neotropics. Within Schnella, there exist two morphologically and palynologically distinguishable groups of species. Further work, including a molecular-based study, will be needed to discover whether those two species groups are congeneric.