Characteristics
Dicots
Bauhinia aculeata L.
WHITE ORCHID TREE
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Not Native
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Classification
FABALES
Bauhinia aculeata L. - WHITE ORCHID TREE
Citation
BAUHINIA ACULEATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 374. 1753.
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Without data, Herb. Clifford 156 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Wunderlin, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 63: 6. 1976.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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Synonyms
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Type
Bauhinia albiflora
Bauhinia albiflora Britton & Rose, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 23: 203. 1930.
 
TYPE: EL SALVADOR: Sonsonate: Vicinity of Sonsonate, 17-18 Mar 1922, Standley 22373 (holotype: US; isotype: NY).
Bauhinia bredemeyeri
Bauhinia bredemeyeri Vogel, Linnaea 13: 202. 1839.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Distrito Federal: Near Caracas, s.d., Bredemeyer s.n. (holotype: B(destroyed); isotype: F fragm).
Bauhinia emarginata
Bauhinia emarginata Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
 
TYPE: COLOMBIA: Bolívar: Cartagena, s.d., Houston s.n. (holotype: BM).
Bauhinia glandulosa
Bauhinia glandulosa (Kunth) de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 513. 1825.
BASIONYM: Pauletia glandulosa Kunth 1824.
 
Bauhinia mirandina
Bauhinia mirandina Pittier, Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 1: 13. 1927.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Miranda: Los Mariches, on new road to Santa Lucia, 26 Apr 1925, Pittier 11783 (holotype: VEN; isotypes: K, NY, P, US).
Bauhinia mollicella
Bauhinia mollicella S. F. Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 53: 32. 1918.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Vicinity of Los Cumbres, 17 May 1917, Curran & Hamman 1024 (holotype: GH; isotypes: NY, US).
Bauhinia mollifolia
Bauhinia mollifolia Pittier, Trab. Mus. Comercial Venezuela 1: 14. 1927.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Cojedes: Between San Rafael de Onota and Agua Blanca, 7 Apr 1925, Pittier 11726 (holotype: VEN; isotypes: K, NY, US).
Bauhinia schultzei
Bauhinia schultzei Harms, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 210. 1928.
 
TYPE: COLOMBIA: Magdalena: Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria, upper Río Frio, 20 Jun 1926, Schultze 428 (holotype: B(destroyed); isotype: F fragm).
Bauhinia ungula
Bauhinia ungula Jacquin, Fragm. Bot. 22, t. 15. 1801.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA:
Pauletia glandulosa
Pauletia glandulosa Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 314. 1824.
 
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Sucre: Cumana, s.d., Humboldt 47 (holotype: P; isotype: B-W).
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Bauhinia aculeata - 159
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Bauhinia aculeata - 159
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Bauhinia aculeata - 198
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