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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Butea Roxb. ex Willd.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 917 (1802)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000005826.

Literature

Pl. Coromandel 1(1): 22 (-23). 1795 [May 1795]

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Synonyms of Butea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Megalotropis	Griff.	Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 441 (1854)	wfo-4000023503
Meizotropis	Voigt	Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. : 239 (1845)	wfo-4000023555
Plaso	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 325 (1763)	wfo-4000030048

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Butea:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Butea buteiformis	(Voigt) Mabb.	Bot. Hist. Hort. Malabaricus [K.S.Manilal] 96. 1980 ; et in Taxon, 29(5-6): 605 [1 Nov. 1980]		wfo-0001061230
Butea monosperma	(Lam.) Taub.	Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3(3): 366 (1894)	—	wfo-1000075531
Butea snaguinea	Blatt.	J. Indian Bot. Soc. 8: 137 1929	—	wfo-0001059016