Taxon: Bauhinia forficata Link

See also subordinate taxa:

• Bauhinia forficata subsp. forficata (no accessions)
• Bauhinia forficata subsp. pruinosa (no accessions)

Common names:

• cow's-foot   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• pata de vaca   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – Portuguese
  
• pata de vaca   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Peru [e.]
  Southern South America: Argentina [n.e.]; Paraguay [e.]; Uruguay [n.w.]

References:

• American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce. (Herbs Commerce)
• Angely, J. A. 1965. Flora analitica do Parana. (L Parana)
• Angely, J. A. 1970–. Flora analítica e fitográfica do Estado de São Paulo. (F Anal Sao Paulo)
• Isely, D. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2):22.
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bauhinia forficata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bauhinia forficata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Bauhinia candicans Benth. [= Bauhinia forficata subsp. pruinosa]
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• Bauhinia pruinosa Vogel [≡ Bauhinia forficata subsp. pruinosa]
  

Check other databases for Bauhinia forficata Link:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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