Bauhinia monandra

Bauhinia monandra

Bauhinia monandra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Cercidoideae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species: Bauhinia monandra

Name

Bauhinia monandra Kurz, 1873

Synonyms

• Bauhinia kappleri Sagot
• Bauhinia krugii Urb.
• Bauhinia porosa Boivin ex Baill.
• Bauhinia punctiflora Baker
• Caspareopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose
• Monoteles paradoxa Raf.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Introduced into: Angola, Bangladesh, Brazil Northeast, Burundi, Cayman Is., Christmas I., Colombia, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Leeward Is., Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Western Australia, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kurz, W.S., 1873. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2. Natural History 42(2):73.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bauhinia monandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bauhinia monandra. Published online. Accessed: Sep 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Bauhinia monandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Sep 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bauhinia monandra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Napoleon's plume

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