Butea monosperma

Butea monosperma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Erythrininae
Genus: Butea
Species: Butea monosperma

Name

• Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 366. 1894.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Erythrina monosperma Lam., Encyclopedie (Lamarck) 1(2): 391. 1785.
• Homotypic
  • Butea frondosa Roxb., Asiat. Res. 3: 469. 1792, nom. illeg.
  • Butea frondosa Roxb. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 (Willdenow) 3(2): 917. 1802, nom. illeg.
  • Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 202. 1891, nom. inval.
  • Plaso frondosa (Roxb.) A.Lyons, Pl. Nam. (Ed. 2) 363. 1907, nom. illeg.
  • Plaso monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 202. 1891.

References

• Taubert, P.H.W. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. 1894. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 366.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Butea monosperma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: পলাশ
English: Flame of the Forest
suomi: Bengalinleiskupuu
français: Flamme de la forêt
हिन्दी: पलाश
मराठी: पळस
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ: ᱢᱩᱨᱩᱫ
ไทย: ทองกวาว

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