Bauhinia tomentosa

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 tomentosa

nom

Bauhinia tomentosa L., 1753

Synonyms

Alvesia bauhinioides Welw.
Alvesia tomentosa (L.) Britton & Rose
Bauhinia binata Náves ex Fern.-Vill.
Bauhinia inermis Forssk.
Bauhinia mucora Bolle
Bauhinia pubescens DC.
Bauhinia volkensii Taub.
Bauhinia wituensis Harms
Cansenia tomentosa (L.) Raf.
Pauletia tomentosa (L.) A.Schmitz

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa
- Southern Africa
  - Angola, Burundi, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
- Eastern Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
- Tropical Africa
  - Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Yemen
- Indian subcontinent
  - Sri Lanka
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Ascension, Bangladesh, Cameroon, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, India, Leeward Is., Malaya, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is.

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 375. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bauhinia tomentosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2020 Sep 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bauhinia tomentosa. Published online. Accessed Sep 05 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Bauhinia tomentosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 05 Sep 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Bauhinia tomentosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accedit el: 2020 Sep 05. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bauhinia tomentosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accedit el: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: St. Thomas tree, Bell Bauhinia
español: Flor De Azufre, Gorro De Napoleon, Guacamaya Americana
français: Fleur du Sacre-coeur
中文: 黃花洋蹄甲

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