Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Bauhinia purpurea L.


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Bauhinia purpurea L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 375. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Butterfly tree
en English name: butterfly-orchid tree
English name: butterfly-orchid-tree
Spanish name: pie de cabra

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species:


Page counter: 1631 ( AVG: 222.4 / 291.42 )



Gallery:

Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia purpurea
Tracey Slotta - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia purpurea
P.H.W.Taubert - Leguminosae (1891) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia purpurea
Flower and leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, TX), USA+ (Puerto Rico)

Distributional map for Bauhinia purpurea L.
Map for Bauhinia purpurea L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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2) Bauhinia variegata L. [403]
3) Bauhinia x blakeana S.T. Dunn [2044]
4) Beadlea bicolor (Ker Gawl.) Garay [155]
5) Beaucarnea recurvata Lem. [792]
6) Beckmannia eruciformis auct. non (L.) Host [323]
7) Beckwithia glacialis (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve ssp. chamissonis (Schltdl.) A. Löve & D. Löve [94]
8) Begonia hirtella Link [1600]
9) Belonia fennica Vain. [138]
10) Benthamantha glabella (A. Gray) Rydb. [132]

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