Bauhinia semibifida var. bruneiana

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Bauhinia semibifida var. bruneiana

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Description

All young parts are covered with short, ferrugineous hairs. The leaves on sterile shoots are divided 1/2, tip of lobes obtuse, 7-nerved, 7.5-12 by 7-11.5 cm; on flowering shoots smaller, 1/3-1/2 divided, 3-4.5 by 3-5 cm, finely reddish pubescent beneath. Inflorescence ferrugineous velvety; bracts narrow linear-lanceolate to acuminate, 10-12 mm; bracteoles much narrower; pedicels 6-7 cm; hypanthium ± urceolate, 5 by 4 mm; buds club-shaped, 2-3 cm, with short, free tips of the sepals. Petals ferrugineous silky hairy outside along the midline.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Brunei present, Sabah present, Sarawak present)
Malesia: Borneo (Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak)

Morphology

The type is from Brunei; one collection from Sabah has a similar indumentum, but petals are less haiiy and the larger leaves have more acute lobes; this is also the case with a collection from near Kuching.