From Ethiopia to Fiesole, Kew and Paris: The discovery, naming and typification of Cadia purpurea (Fabaceae)

Abstract

online.Cadia purpurea, an unarmed shrub to small tree of the tribe Podalyrieae, is native in East Africa and southern Arabia. Seeds collected by James Bruce in Eritrea or Ethiopia in 1770-1772 were raised in gardens in Fiesole, Kew and Paris. Several names were based on this cultivated material. The nomenclature is clarified, a neotype superseded and a revised typification presented.