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Dicots
Guilandina bonduc L.
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Traditionally put in the genus Caesalpinia, it is now placed in its original Linnaean genus Guilandina (Gagnon et al. 2016). This species had often been historically known as Caesalpinia bonducella, later synonym, and C. crista, misapplied (Dandy & Exell 1938: http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Journal_of_Botany_1938.pdf).
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FAC (NWPL)
Classification
Citation
GUILANDINA BONDUC Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 381. 1753.
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SRI LANKA: Without data, Hermann Herb. 3: 35, no. 156 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Dandy & Exell, J. Bot. 76: 179. 1938; Rudd, in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 7: 48. 1991 (for Guilandina bonducella).
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