Characteristics
Dicots
Bauhinia purpurea L.
PURPLE ORCHID TREE; BUTTERFLY TREE
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Bauhinia blakeana, a commonly cultivated hybrid of B. purpurea and B. variegata, has a floral bud 5-winged distally, petals lanceolate to obovate, 5 stamens, 2-5 staminodes, and does not set fruit (De Wit 1956; Lau et al. 2005).
Not Native
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Citation
BAUHINIA PURPUREA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 375. 1753.
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INDIA: Without data (lectotype: Rheede, Hort. Malab. t. 33. 1678). Lectotypified by Isely, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(2): 189. 1975.
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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Broward
USF
Indian River
USF
Miami-Dade
USF
St. Lucie
FLAS
Synonyms
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Type
Bauhinia castrata
Bauhinia castrata Blanco, Fl. Filip. 331. 1837.
TYPE: PHILIPPINES:
Bauhinia coromandeliana
Bauhinia coromandeliana de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 515. 1825.
TYPE: INDIA:
Bauhinia purpurea var. corneri
Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus, var. corneri de Wit, Reinwardtia 3: 409. 1956.
TYPE: SINGAPORE: Cult. at Singapore, 19 Nov 1935, Furtado s.n. (holotype: SING).
Bauhinia purpurea var. genuina
Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus, var. genuina Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 288. 1876, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus 1753.
Bauhinia purpurea var. triandra
Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus, var. triandra (Roxburgh) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 288. 1876.
BASIONYM: Bauhinia triandra Roxburgh 1832.
Bauhinia purpurea var. violacea
Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus, var. violacea de Wit, Reinwardtia 3: 409. 1956.
TYPE: SINGAPORE: Cult. at Singapore, Sep 1935, Henderson s.n. (holotype: SING).
Bauhinia triandra
Bauhinia triandra Roxburgh, Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 320. 1832.
TYPE: INDIA:
Caspareopsis purpurea
Caspareopsis purpurea (Linnaeus) Pittier, Cat. Fl. Venez. 1: 363. 1945.
BASIONYM: Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus 1753.
Phanera purpurea
Phanera purpurea (Linnaeus) Bentham, in Miquel, Pl. Jungh. 1: 262. 1852.
BASIONYM: Bauhinia purpurea Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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