Saraca griffithiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Saraca |
Species: | S. griffithiana |
Binomial name | |
Saraca griffithiana Prain |
Saraca griffithiana (in the family Fabaceae Lindl.) is a tree native to Yunnan Province of China and also to Burma (Myanmar). It is a forest tree sometimes attaining a height of 18 m (54 feet). It can be distinguished from the related Saraca dives Pierre by its short bracts less than 5 mm long, and by its articulate petioles.
Saraca griffithiana Prain, It was first described and published J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. Vol.66 on page 491 in 1897.
References
- ^ "Saraca griffithiana Prain | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- Flora of China vol 10 page 23.
- Prain, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part 2, Natural History 66: 491. 1897.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Saraca griffithiana |
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