Fabaceae
Bauhinia

Bauhinia phoenicea B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 296 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. India. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bandyopadhyay, S. (2020). Personal Communication on Fabaceae, Cercidoideae. 1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1951 Heyne, B. [5800], India K000760778 Yes
May 1, 1951 Rottler, J.P. [s.n.], India K000760779 Yes
Jan 1, 1918 Hohenacker, R.F. [628], India K000760777 Yes
Jan 1, 1918 Lawson, M.A. [37], India K000760780 Yes
Rottler, J.P. [s.n.], India K000760775 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000760776 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5800] K001122196 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images