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Bauhinia
Bauhinia /boʊˈhɪniə/ is a genus of more than 500 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Swiss-French botanists.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Orchid tree
speciesBauhinia variegata
Orchid Tree
speciesBauhinia purpurea
Hong Kong orchid tree
hybridBauhinia × blakeana
pink bauhinia
speciesBauhinia monandra
Pom Pom Orchid Tree
speciesBauhinia divaricata
Anacacho orchid
speciesBauhinia lunarioides
Pride-of-de-Kaap
speciesBauhinia galpinii
Brazilian orchid tree
speciesBauhinia forficata
Dwarf White Bauhinia
speciesBauhinia acuminata
Yellow bauhinia
speciesBauhinia tomentosa
Bidi leaf tree
speciesBauhinia racemosa
Bauhinia ungulata
speciesBauhinia ungulata
Bauhinia jenningsii
speciesBauhinia jenningsii
Chihuahuan orchid tree
speciesBauhinia macranthera
Bauhinia rufescens
speciesBauhinia rufescens
Wild Coffee Bean
speciesBauhinia macrantha
Bauhinia picta
speciesBauhinia picta
White Bauhinia
speciesBauhinia petersiana
Bauhinia grandidieri
speciesBauhinia grandidieri
Bauhinia pentandra
speciesBauhinia pentandra
Bauhinia aculeata
speciesBauhinia aculeata
Bauhinia cheilantha
speciesBauhinia cheilantha
Bauhinia hildebrandtii
speciesBauhinia hildebrandtii
Bauhinia brachycarpa
speciesBauhinia brachycarpa
Bauhinia phoenicea
speciesBauhinia phoenicea
Bauhinia rufa
speciesBauhinia rufa
Bauhinia pauletia
speciesBauhinia pauletia
Dainty Bauhinia
speciesBauhinia natalensis
Bauhinia ramosissima
speciesBauhinia ramosissima
Bauhinia coulteri
speciesBauhinia coulteri
Kei Bauhinia
speciesBauhinia bowkeri
Bauhinia erythrocalyx
speciesBauhinia erythrocalyx
Bauhinia pringlei
speciesBauhinia pringlei
Bauhinia longifolia
speciesBauhinia longifolia
Bauhinia saccocalyx
speciesBauhinia saccocalyx
Bauhinia madagascariensis
speciesBauhinia madagascariensis
Bauhinia vespertilio
speciesBauhinia vespertilio
Bauhinia tarapotensis
speciesBauhinia tarapotensis
Bauhinia hagenbeckii
speciesBauhinia hagenbeckii
Bauhinia grevei
speciesBauhinia grevei
Pink Bauhinia
speciesBauhinia urbaniana
Bauhinia acuruana
speciesBauhinia acuruana
Bauhinia subrotundifolia
speciesBauhinia subrotundifolia
Bauhinia mendoncae
speciesBauhinia mendoncae
Bauhinia bauhinioides
speciesBauhinia bauhinioides
Bauhinia pulchella
speciesBauhinia pulchella
Bauhinia rubeleruziana
speciesBauhinia rubeleruziana
Bauhinia dubia
speciesBauhinia dubia
Bauhinia pottsii
speciesBauhinia pottsii
Bauhinia curvula
speciesBauhinia curvula
Bauhinia longicuspis
speciesBauhinia longicuspis
Bauhinia mollis
speciesBauhinia mollis
Bauhinia bartlettii
speciesBauhinia bartlettii
Bauhinia dipetala
speciesBauhinia dipetala
Bauhinia deserti
speciesBauhinia deserti
Bauhinia multinervia
speciesBauhinia multinervia
Bauhinia campestris
speciesBauhinia campestris
Bauhinia brevipes
speciesBauhinia brevipes
Bauhinia capuronii
speciesBauhinia capuronii
Bauhinia viridescens
speciesBauhinia viridescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68226.