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Bauhinia ungulata

(Bauhinia Rouge, Bois De Boeuf Rouge, Orchid Tree, Sabot Boeuf Rouge)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Bahninia Rouge, Bauhinia Rouge, Bois De Boeuf Rouge, Orchid Tree, Orchidtree, Sabot Boeuf Rouge

Description

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Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Caesalpinioideae

Mostly trees or shrubs . Leaves mostly pinnate, sometimes bipinnate, rarely apparently simple . Corolla usually showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal innermost in bud. Stamens 10 or fewer, distinct , usually not showy, some commonly reduced to staminodes. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) usually lacking. [Carr]

Genus Bauhinia

Trees , shrubs or climbers . Leaves alternate, simple , usually consisting of two lobes or almost bifoliolate with midrib between the two leaflets produced as a small spur. Flowers are showy, arranged in simple or panicled , terminal or axillary racemes . Hypanthium sometimes long and cylindrical, sometimes short and turbinate . Calyx entire or spathaceous , or cleft into two or five teeth. Petals 5, slightly unequal, narrowed at the base into a claw , variously coloured. Stamens 10, or reduced to 5 or there, filaments free or shortly connate , filiform , anthers versatile, Dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary seated on a stalk (gynophore ), ovules many, style long or short and usually curved , stigma capitate, fruit a linear pod, dehiscent or indehiscent.

A genus with c. 570 species, mostly distributed in tropics and warm temperate regions of both the hemispheres."Bauhinia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Deciduous.

Flowers: Flower Color: lavender, near white, pale yellow, red, violet, white

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 20-30' tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 4-6' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Bauhinia benthamiana Taub.
  2. Bauhinia cavanillei Millsp.
  3. Bauhinia galpinii ungulata L.
  4. Bauhinia galpinii var. ungulata L.
  5. Bauhinia inermis (Cav.)Pers.
  6. Bauhinia macrostachya Benth.
  7. Bauhinia unguiculata Sesse & Moc.
  8. Cansenia ungulata (L.)Raf.
  9. Pauletia inermis Cav.
  10. Pauletia ungulata (L.)A.Schmitz

Notes

Publishing author : Millsp. Publication : Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 364 1898 Publishing author: Taub. Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Vaz A.M.S.F., May-2001

Place of publication: Sp. Pl.1:374. 1753

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Bauhinia

There are approximately 697 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. acuminata · B. abyssinica · B. accrescens · B. acreana · B. aculeata (White Orchid Tree) · B. aculeata aculeata · B. aculeata grandiflora · B. aculeata subsp. grandiflora · B. acuminata (Bauhinia) · B. acuruana · B. acuruana var. acuruana · B. acuruana var. nitida · B. aherniana · B. aherniana var. aherniana · B. aherniana var. subglabra · B. aimouta · B. alata · B. altiscandens · B. amambayensis · B. amatlana · B. ampla · B. ampla var. ampla · B. ampla var. schlechteri · B. anamesa · B. anatomica · B. andersonii · B. andrieuxii · B. angularis · B. angulicaulis · B. angulosa · B. angulosa var. bahiana · B. angulosa var. densiflora · B. angulosa var. meridionalis · B. ankarafantsikae · B. anomala · B. apertilobata · B. arborea · B. argentinensis · B. argentinensis var. argentinensis · B. argentinensis var. megasiphon · B. armata · B. aromatica · B. articulata · B. augusti · B. augustii · B. aurantiaca · B. aurea · B. aureifolia (Gold Leaf Bauhinia) · B. aureopunctata · B. ayabacensis · B. bacuria · B. bahiachalensis · B. baina · B. bartlettii (Orchid Tree) · B. bassacensis (Bauhinia) · B. bassacensis var. backeri · B. bassacensis var. bassacensis · B. baueriana · B. bauhinioides · B. beguinotii · B. beguinotii var. beguinotii · B. beguinotii var. gorgonae · B. benthami · B. benzoin · B. bequaertii · B. bicolor · B. bidentata (Orange Bauhinia) · B. bidentata bicornuta · B. bidentata subsp. bicornuta · B. bidentata var. bidentata · B. bidentata var. breviflora · B. bidentata var. cornifolia · B. bidentata var. fraseri · B. bidentata var. gracilipes · B. bidentata var. monticola · B. binata · B. blackeana · B. blakeana (Hong Kong Orchid Tree) · B. bohniana · B. bombaciflora · B. bongardi · B. bowkeri · B. brachycalyx · B. brachycarpa · B. brachycarpa var. brachycarpa · B. brachycarpa var. cavaleriei · B. brachycarpa var. densiflora · B. brachycarpa var. microphylla · B. bracteata · B. bracteata astylosa · B. bracteata bracteata · B. bracteata subsp. astylosa · B. brasiliensis · B. brevicalyx · B. brevipedicellata · B. brevipes · B. bryoniflora · B. burbidgei · B. burchellii · B. burkeana

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-09-18