Common name
English: Orchid tree
German: Orchideenbaum
Mandarin: 洋紫荆 (yang zi jing)
Portuguese: Pata de vaca
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)
Genus: Bauhinia (8)
Epithet: variegata L. (2)
Synonyms: Bauhinia chinensis (DC.)Vogel, Bauhinia decora Uribe, Bauhinia variegata var. chinensis DC., Phanera variegata (L.)Benth.
chinensis => of Chinese origin
decora => graceful
variegata => irregularly coloured, in stripes or patches
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: purple, violet, pink, white
External links
Check for Bauhinia variegata at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [198] Bauhinia variegata - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [413] International Legume Database & Information Service
- [473] Bauhinia variegata - Plants For A Future database
- [1220] Bauhinia - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.
- [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.