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Bauhinia is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of more than 200 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia....
 of the large flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
, with a pantropical
Pantropical

In biology, pantropical is one in a group of different terms which can be used to define an area of geographical occurrence of an organism, or group of organisms....
 distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin
Bauhin

Bauhin — a family of physicians and Science.*Jean Bauhin : a France physician, who moved with his family to Basel after conversion to Protestantism....
 brothers, Swiss
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
-French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 botanists.

Many species are widely planted in the tropics as "orchid trees", particularly in northern India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
 and southeastern China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. In the United States of America, the tree grows in Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
, coastal California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, and Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
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Bauhinia is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of more than 200 species of flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
s in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia....
 of the large flowering plant
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 family Fabaceae
Fabaceae

Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of flowering plants, which is commonly known as the legume family, pea family, bean family or pulse family....
, with a pantropical
Pantropical

In biology, pantropical is one in a group of different terms which can be used to define an area of geographical occurrence of an organism, or group of organisms....
 distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin
Bauhin

Bauhin — a family of physicians and Science.*Jean Bauhin : a France physician, who moved with his family to Basel after conversion to Protestantism....
 brothers, Swiss
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
-French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 botanists.

Many species are widely planted in the tropics as "orchid trees", particularly in northern India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, Vietnam
Vietnam

Vietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east....
 and southeastern China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. In the United States of America, the tree grows in Hawaii
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
, coastal California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
, and Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Bauhinia blakeana
Bauhinia blakeana

Bauhinia 'Blakeana' is an evergreen tree, in the genus Bauhinia, with large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers. The fragrant, orchid-like flowers are usually 10-15 cm across, and bloom from early November to the end of March....
 is the floral emblem of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, and a stylized orchid tree flower appears on the Hong Kong flag.

Description

Bauhinia trees typically reach a height of 6-12 m and their branches spread 3-6 m outwards. The lobed leaves usually are 10-15 cm across.

The five-petaled flowers are 7.5-12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow, and are often fragrant. The tree begins flowering in late winter and often continues to flower into early summer.

Selected species:
  • Bauhinia acuminata
    Bauhinia acuminata

    Bauhinia acuminata is a species of flowering shrub native to tropical southeastern Asia. Common names include: Dwarf White Bauhinia, White Orchid-tree and Snowy Orchid-tree....
     L.
  • Bauhinia aureifolia K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
  • Bauhinia bassacensis Pierre ex Gagnep.
    François Gagnepain

    Fran?ois Gagnepain was a France botanist. The standard Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names Gagnep. is applied to plants described by Gagnepain....
  • Bauhinia bidentata Jack
  • Bauhinia binata Blanco
    Francisco Manuel Blanco

    Francisco Manuel Blanco was a Spain friar and botanist....
  • Bauhinia blakeana
    Bauhinia blakeana

    Bauhinia 'Blakeana' is an evergreen tree, in the genus Bauhinia, with large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers. The fragrant, orchid-like flowers are usually 10-15 cm across, and bloom from early November to the end of March....
  • Bauhinia bracteata (Graham ex Benth.
    George Bentham

    George Bentham CMG, FRS was an England botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century"....
    ) Baker
    John Gilbert Baker

    John Gilbert Baker was an England botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough. He worked at the library and herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew between 1866 and 1899, and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899....
  • Bauhinia championi
  • Bauhinia corymbosa
  • Bauhinia creaghi baker (Charles Vandeleur Creagh
    Charles Vandeleur Creagh

    Charles Vandeleur Creagh Order of St Michael and St George was born on 4 October 1842. He was the second son of Captain John Creagh, Royal Navy of Cahirbane Co....
    )
  • Bauhinia curtisii Prain
    David Prain

    Sir David Prain was a Scotland botanist.Prain studied at the University of Aberdeen. He was curator of the Calcutta herbarium from 1887 to 1889, and author of Bengal Plants ....
  • Bauhinia ferruginea Roxb.
    William Roxburgh

    William Roxburgh was a Scotland surgeon and botanist. He has been called the Father of Indian Botany....
  • Bauhinia flagelliflora
    Bauhinia flagelliflora

    Bauhinia flagelliflora is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  • Bauhinia forficata
  • Bauhinia galpinii
  • Bauhinia glauca (Wall.
    Nathaniel Wallich

    Nathaniel Wallich was a surgeon and botanist.Born in Copenhagen, in 1806 and was born as Nathan ben Wulff. His father Wulff ben Wallich was a merchant who settled in Copenhagen and came from the Holstein town Altona, Hamburg near Hamburg late in the 18th century....
     ex Benth.)
  • Bauhinia harmsiana Hosseus
  • Bauhinia hirsuta Weinm.
    Johann Anton Weinmann

    Johann Anton Weinmann was a German botanist who served as Inspector of the Gardens in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He published a Flora that is the basis of some binomial species identifications using the List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation Weinm.....
  • Bauhinia integrifolia Roxb.
  • Bauhinia involucellata Kurz
    Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz

    Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz was a Germany botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkatta.He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. ...
  • Bauhinia lakhonensis Gagnep.
  • Bauhinia lunarioides
    Bauhinia lunarioides

    Bauhinia lunarioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Southwestern Texas and Northern Mexico. Common names include Anacacho Orchid Tree, Pata de Vaca, and Texas Plume....
     (Anacacho Orchid Tree)
  • Bauhinia malabarica Roxb.
  • Bauhinia mombassae
    Bauhinia mombassae

    Bauhinia mombassae is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Kenya.It is threatened by habitat loss....
  • Bauhinia monandra Kurz
  • Bauhinia nervosa (Wall. ex Benth.) Baker
  • Bauhinia ornata Kurz
  • Bauhinia penicilliloba Pierre ex Gagnep.
  • Bauhinia perpurea
  • Bauhinia pottsii G.Don
    George Don

    George Don was a Scottish people botanist.George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfarshire, Scotland on 17 May 1798. His father, also named George Don, was Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1802....
  • Bauhinia pulla Craib.
  • Bauhinia purpurea
    Bauhinia purpurea

    Bauhinia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to South China and southeastern Asia. In the United States of America, the tree grows in Hawaii, coastal California, southern Texas, and southwest Florida....
     L.
  • Bauhinia racemosa Lam.
    Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

    Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck, usually known as Lamarck, was a France soldier, natural history, academia and an early proponent of the idea that evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with Naturalism ....
  • Bauhinia saccocalyx Pierre
  • Bauhinia scandens L.
  • Bauhinia seminarioi
    Bauhinia seminarioi

    Bauhinia seminarioi is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
  • Bauhinia siamensis K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
  • Bauhinia similis Craib
  • Bauhinia sirindhorniae K.Larsen & S.S.Larsen
  • Bauhinia strychnifolia Craib
  • Bauhinia strychnoidea Prain
    David Prain

    Sir David Prain was a Scotland botanist.Prain studied at the University of Aberdeen. He was curator of the Calcutta herbarium from 1887 to 1889, and author of Bengal Plants ....
  • Bauhinia tomentosa L.
  • Bauhinia vahlii
    Bauhinia vahlii

    Bauhinia vahlii , is a species of tree found in Sikkim....
  • Bauhinia variegata
    Bauhinia variegata

    Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southern China west to India. Common names include Orchid tree and Mountain-ebony....
     L.
  • Bauhinia viridescens Desv.
  • Bauhinia wallichii J.F.Macbr.
  • Bauhinia winitii Craib
  • Bauhinia yunnanensis Franch.
    Adrien René Franchet

    Adrien Ren? Franchet was a France botanist, based at the Paris Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges and others....

Gallery of Bauhinia racemosa


Gallery of Bauhinia tomentosa