MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE



Sorting Gigasiphon names



Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :



Gigasiphon gossweileri (Baker f.) Torre & Hillc.

SYNONYM(S) :  Bauhinia gossweileri Baker f.

ENGLISH :  Cameroun gigasiphon, Congo gigasiphon.

FRENCH :  Gigasiphon du Congo Belge, Gigasiphon du Gabon.
Gigasiphon humblotianum (Baill.) Drake

SYNONYM(S) :  Bauhinia humblotiana Baill.

ENGLISH :  Madagascar gigasiphon.

MALAGASY :  Manarakandro, Matifihoditra, Miarakandro.
Gigasiphon macrosiphon (Harms) Brenan

SYNONYM(S) :  Bauhinia macrosiphon Harms, Gigasiphon humblotianum sensu Dale & Greenway

ENGLISH :  Tanzanian  gigasiphon.

FRENCH :  Gigasiphon de Tanzanie, Gigasiphon des joailliers, Gigasiphon du Kenya.

 
Practically no common name is registered anywhere in any language. Is it any wonder that it is a species in danger of extinction. Even if the biodiversity of its native forest was considered before destruction it could easily be overlooked.


 

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Specific & complementary

 






Armstrong W.P. (Prof.), 2010  Bat-Pollinated Mucuna Flowers - The Source Of Tropical Sea Beans. < http://waynesword.palomar.edu/mucuna.htm >.

IUCN, 2013, Red List (species in danger of extinction) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. < http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/30387/0 >.

Wiktionnaire, 2013, Le Dictionnaire Libre. Catégorie : Plantes en français. < http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cat%C3%A9gorie:Plantes_en_fran%C3%A7ais >.





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