English: Orchid tree

German: Orchideenbaum

Mandarin: 洋紫荆 (yang zi jing)

Portuguese: Pata de vaca

Kingdom: Plantae (2090)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1997)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1684)

      Order: Fabales (193)

        Family: Fabaceae (193) (family description)

          Genus: Bauhinia (5)

           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

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: purple, violet, pink, white

Check for Bauhinia variegata at The Plant List, 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
• [1950] Bauhinia variegata - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [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.

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