Genus: Bauhinia L.

Also sometimes placed in: Caesalpiniaceae

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Hao, G. et al. 2003. Phylogenetics of Bauhinia subgenus Phanera (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA . Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 44:223–228.
  
• Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world. (Leg World) 61.
  
• Sinou, C. et al. 2009. The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnL-trnF region. Botany 87:947–960.
  
• Wunderlin, R. P. 2010. Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae). Phytoneuron 2010–48:1–5.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (~ ) Barklya F. Muell.
• (= ) Cardenasia Rusby
• (= ) Caspareopsis Britton & Rose
• (= ) Casparia Kunth
• (~ ) Gigasiphon Drake
• (~ ) Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit
• (= ) Pauletia Cav.
• (~ ) Phanera Lour.
• (~ ) Piliostigma Hochst.
• (~ ) Schnella Raddi
• (~ ) Tylosema (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc.

Check other nomenclature databases for Bauhinia:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Images:

• Flowering tree (Bauhinia ×blakeana): University of Florida IFAS Extension image
• Seed (Bauhinia monandra): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Bauhinia pauletia): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Bauhinia purpurea): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Bauhinia tomentosa): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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