Phanera coccinea explained

Phanera coccinea is the type species of the genus Phanera: a "climbing shrub" in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia.^[1] Under its synonym Bauhinia coccinea, its Vietnamese names include "quạch" and "mấu".^[2] Records of distribution exist from the subtropical and tropical forests of Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and South-central China.^[3]

Accepted infraspecifics

Plants of the World Online lists:^[3]

1. Phanera coccinea subsp. coccinea
2. Phanea coccinea subsp. tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Mackinder & R.Clark (Yunnan, Indochina)

Notes and References

1. The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region . 2009 . Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A . . 87 . 10 . 947–960 . 10.1139/B09-065 .
2. Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I, entry 3457; publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.
3. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:513509-1 POWO