Bauhinia is a large genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae, in the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Johann, Swiss-French botanists.
Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to an area from China through Southeast Asia to the Indian subcontinent. Common names include orchid tree and mountain ebony.
Phanera vahlii is a perennial creeper of the family Caesalpiniaceae native to the Indian subcontinent.
Bauhinia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and Myanmar, and widely introduced elsewhere in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Common names include orchid tree, purple bauhinia, camel's foot, butterfly tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.
Bauhinia forficata, commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree, pata-de-vaca,, pezuña de vaca is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru.
Bauhinia lunarioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Southwestern Texas in the United States and Northern Mexico. Common names include Texasplume, Anacacho orchid tree, and pata de vaca.
Bauhinia augusti is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Peru.
Bauhinia bowkeri is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in South Africa, where it is threatened by habitat loss.
Bauhinia mombassae is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Bauhinia seleriana is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found from central and southern Mexico to Honduras.
Bauhinia pichinchensis is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It grows as a tree reaching 10 m in height. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include Cercis (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, Bauhinia, widely cultivated as an ornamental tree in tropical Asia, and Tylosema esculentum, a traditional food crop in Africa. The subfamily occupies a basal position within the Fabaceae and is supported as monophyletic in many molecular phylogenies. At the 6th International Legume Conference, the Legume Phylogeny Working Group proposed elevating the tribe Cercidae to the level of subfamily within the Leguminosae (Fabaceae). The consensus agreed to the change, which was fully implemented in 2017. It has the following clade-based definition:
The most inclusive crown clade containing Cercis canadensisL. and Bauhinia divaricataL. but not Poeppigia proceraC.Presl, Duparquetia orchidaceaBaill., or Bobgunnia fistuloides(Harms) J.H.Kirkbr. & Wiersema.
Bauhinia monandra is a species of leguminous trees, of the family Fabaceae. Common names include pink bauhinia, orchid tree, and Napoleon's plume. Naturally they grow in Madagascar, but have naturalised in Burma, Australia, Christmas Island, the Caribbean, southern USA and the Pacific Islands. The species is invasive in New Caledonia.
Bauhinia galpinii is a species of shrub in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to parts of eastern and southern Africa, where its popular name is "Pride of De Kaap". In other places however, it is variously known as Orchid Tree, Red Bauhinia, Nasturtium Bauhinia, African Plume, Red Orchid Bush, and by other informal names. The species name commemorates E. E. Galpin.
Bauhinia petersiana is a species of shrubs from family Fabaceae found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The species is 2 metres in height.
Piliostigma thonningii is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae.
Cryptophlebia peltastica is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found throughout Africa from Ghana to South Africa and Eritrea, including islands of the Indian Ocean and is also known from Asia, the Pacific region (Guam) and from the Bahamas.
Bauhinia divaricata is a species of flowering shrub of the family Fabaceae. B. divaricata is the type species of the genus Bauhinia. One common name for this species is pom pom orchid tree. It is native to China, India and also grows in the southern half of Florida. It has alternate bi-lobed leaves.
Bauhinia tomentosa, the yellow bauhinia or yellow bell orchid tree, is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tropical Africa, India and Sri Lanka. The plant is known to have antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria.
Bauhinia yunnanensis is a plant with the common name Chinese orchid tree. It is a perennial dicot in the genus Bauhinia, described as a shrub or vine. It is in the Fabaceae family. It has orchid-like flowers. It has been introduced in Florida, in the USA. It is also commonly referred to as the Yunnan orchid or orchid vine, and it has also been known under the taxonomic synonym Phanera yunnanensis.
