Bowringia Explained

Bowringia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), found in tropical Africa and southeastern Asia. It includes four species native to western and central Africa and Madagascar, and to Borneo, Indochina, and southern China.

Bowringia belongs to subfamily Faboideae. The genus was traditionally assigned to the tribe Sophoreae;^[1] however, recent molecular phylogenetic analyses reassigned Bowringia to the Baphieae tribe.^{[2] [3]} It was named after Sir John Bowring and his son, J. C. Bowring for their botanical work in China.^[4]

Species

Bowringia comprises the following species:^{[5] [6]}

• Bowringia callicarpa Champ. ex Benth. southeastern China, Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Borneo
• Bowringia discolor J.Hall – Liberia to Ghana
• Bowringia libirica (Breteler) M.Yu.Gontsch. & Povydysh – Liberia
• Bowringia mildbraedii Harms – Ghana to Central African Republic and Angola, and eastern Madagascar.

Notes and References

1. Book: Polhill RM . 1981 . Sophoreae . Polhill RM, Raven PH . Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 1 . http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=318 . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 213–230 . 9780855212247 . 2016-11-03 . 2013-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004324/http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=318 . dead .
2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, ((Van Wyk B-E)), Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M . 2013 . Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes . . 89 . 58–75 . 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001. free . 10566/3193 . free .
3. Cardoso D, de Queiroz LP, Pennington RT, de Lima HC, Fonty É, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M . 2012 . Revisiting the phylogeny of papilionoid legumes: New insights from comprehensively sampled early-branching lineages . . 99 . 12 . 1991–2013 . 10.3732/ajb.1200380 . 23221500 .
4. Web site: Bowringia . Legumes of the World . . November 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104080350/http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/resources/legumes-of-the-world/genus/bowringia . November 4, 2016 . dead .
5. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Bowringia . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 3 November 2016.
6. Web site: GRIN species records of Bowringia . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 3 November 2016.