Bauhinia L.
- Species presence
- Recorded In Australia
- Terrestrial Habitats
Occurrence records map
Description
Bauhinia is also known as Mountain Ebony, Purple Orchid tree or simply Orchid tree, and 'Kachnar' in India and Pakistan. Bauhinia trees typically reach a height of 6-12 m and their branches spread 3-6 m outwards. The lobed leaves usually are 10-15 cm across. The five-petaled flowers are 7.5-12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow, and are often fragrant. ... source: Wikipedia
Online resources
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Description
- FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora
- Reference
- Wikipedia
- Description, Reference
Species Lists
- Testing – Mr. Stewart’s listing of familiar native vascular plant taxa
- Genus: Bauhinia
- Family: Fabaceae
- Taxon Rank: genus
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Names and sources
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Bauhinia |
Synonyms
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Phanera Lour. | |
| Published in: Loureiro, J. de 1790, Flora Cochinchinensis Edn. 1. 1 1-353 | |
| Piliostigma Hochst. | |
| Published in: Hochstetter, C.F. 1846, Flora oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 29 | |
| Bauhinia sect. Lysiphyllum Benth. | |
| Published in: Bentham, G. 1865, Leguminosae. Genera Plantarum 1(2) 434-600 | |
| Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit | |
| Published in: Wit, H.C.D. de 1956, A revision of Malaysian Bauhinieae. Reinwardtia 3(4) 381-539 | |
| Bauhinia sect. Lysiphyllum Benth. | |
| Published in: Wit, H.C.D. de 1956, A revision of Malaysian Bauhinieae. Reinwardtia 3(4) 381-539 | |
| Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit | |
| Published in: Mabberley, D.J. 2008, Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3. | |
| Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit | |
| Published in: McCune, S. & Wieck, B. 1991, Lysiphyllum. Flora of New South Wales 2 323-324 | |
| Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit | |
| Published in: Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. 1981, Plants of New South Wales | |
| Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit | |
| Published in: Wheeler, J.R. 1992, Caesalpiniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region 343-360 | |
| Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit | |
| Published in: Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. 1995, Flora of the Darwin Region 2 1-254 | |
| Phanera Lour. | |
| Published in: Bentham, G. 1852, Plantae Junghuhnianae 2 | |
| Piliostigma Hochst. | |
| Published in: Milne-Redhead, E. 1950, Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35 | |
| Piliostigma Hochst. | |
| Published in: Mabberley, D.J. 2008, Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3. | |
| Piliostigma Hochst. | |
| Published in: Wheeler, J.R. 1992, Caesalpiniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region 343-360 | |
| Piliostigma Hochst. | |
| Published in: Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. 1995, Flora of the Darwin Region 2 1-254 | |
Working classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Charophyta
- class
- Equisetopsida
- subclass
- Magnoliidae
- superorder
- Rosanae
- order
- Fabales
- family
- Fabaceae
- genus
- Bauhinia
- species
- Bauhinia acuminata
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- Bauhinia binata
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- Bauhinia carronii: Bean-tree
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- Bauhinia cunninghamii: Native Bauhinia
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- Bauhinia divaricata
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- Bauhinia galpinii
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- Bauhinia gilva: Bauhinia
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- Bauhinia holtzei
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- Bauhinia hookeri: Pegunny
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- Bauhinia malabarica
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- Bauhinia monandra: Orchid Tree
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- Bauhinia persichii
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- Bauhinia purpurea
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- Bauhinia variegata
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- Bauhinia yunnanensis
- variety
- Bauhinia hookeri var. broomensis
Occurrence records
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