Piliostigma thonningii
Piliostigma thonningii is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae.
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| Tribe: | Bauhinieae[2] |
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Piliostigma thonningii - MHNT
Common names of this tree include camel's foot tree, monkey bread, monkey biscuit tree, Rhodesian bauhinia and wild bauhinia.
P. thonningii grows quickly relative to some other tree species it competes with, and relies on rapid re-growth to survive bush fires.[3]
Notes
- The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
- Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): A phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region". Botany. 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065.
- Gignoux 1997.
References
Gignoux, Jacques; Jean Clobert; Jean-Claude Menaut (1997-01-01). "Alternative Fire Resistance Strategies in Savanna Trees". Oecologia. 110 (4): 576–583. doi:10.1007/s004420050198. ISSN 0029-8549. JSTOR 4221648.
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