Bauhinia variegata
Bauhinia variegata

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 variegata

Name

Bauhinia variegata L., 1753.

Type-protologue: Habitat in Malabariae, Maderae arenosis. . "Chovanna-mandaru" in Rheede, Hort. Malab., 1: 57, t. 32, 1678, vide Isely, 1975.

Synonyms

  • Bauhinia alba Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Bauhinia cancara Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
  • Bauhinia candida Aiton
  • Bauhinia chinensis Vogel
  • Bauhinia cucullata Desv.
  • Bauhinia variegata var. alboflava de Wit
  • Bauhinia variegata var. candida Voigt
  • Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Aiton) Buch.-Ham.
  • Bauhinia variegata var. purpurascens Voigt
  • Perlebia variegata (L.) A.Schmitz
  • Perlebia variegata var. alboflava (de Wit) A.Schmitz
  • Phanera variegata (L.) Benth.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan
    • Regional: China
      • China South-Central
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Introduced into:
    • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Bolivia, California, Cambodia, China Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ethiopia, Florida, Ghana, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
  • Doubtfully present in:
    • Assam, Myanmar, West Himalaya

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 375.

Additional references

  • Isely, D. 1975. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2) : 191.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: বগা কাঞ্চন, গোলাপী কাঞ্চন
suomi: Kirjobauhinia
中文: 宮粉洋蹄甲
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