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Bauhinia acuminata

(Bauhinia, Dwarf White Orchid Tree, Kaa-Long, Orchid Tree, Snowy Orchid, White Bauhinia)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Bauhinia, Bell Bauhinia, Dwarf White Bauhinia, Dwarf White Orchid Tree, Fleur Du Sacr‚-Coeur, Fleur Du Sacré-Coeur, Fleur Du Sacr‚-Coeur, Flor De Azufre, Gorro De Napoleón, Gorro De Napole¢n, Guacamaya Americana, Kaa-Long, Mariposa, Orchid Tree, Pet n, Petán, Pet n, Snowy Orchid, St. Thomas' Tree, White Bauhinia, Yellow Bauhinia, Yellow Butterfly Tree

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Kachnar, Kanchar

Common Names in Sinhala:

Kaha-Petan, Kobo-Leela

Common Names in Tamil:

Tiruvathi, Tiruvatti

Description

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Family Caesalpiniaceae

The Caesalpiniaceae are mostly tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs comprising about 150 genera and 2,200 species. The leaves are stipulate , alternate, and mostly pinnately compound but may be bipinnate or simple . Like the other legume families the petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus. The flowers are in racemes , spikes or cymes, are zygomorphic, and are mostly weakly to strongly perigynous. The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each; the petals are distinct , overlapping (i.e. , imbricate) in bud, with the posterior one (flag or banner ) innermost in position. The androecium usually consists of 1-10 distinct or variously united stamens, some of which are commonly reduced to nonfunctional staminodes. The pistil is simple, consisting of one style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume. -- Gerald 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: Shrub , Tree • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: mauve , near white, rose, white

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 15-20' tall.

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 7 meters (23 feet).Standard Deviation = 16.170 based on 4 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 20-30' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Alvesia bauhinioides Welw.
  2. Alvesia tomentosa (L.)Britton & Rose
  3. Bauhinia linnaei Ali
  4. Bauhinia pubescens DC.
  5. Bauhinia volkensii Taub.
  6. Bauhinia wituensis Harms
  7. Pauletia tomentosa (L.)A.Schmitz

Misapplied Names

  1. Bauhinia candida sensu auct.
  2. Bauhinia grandiflora sensu auct.
  3. Bauhinia tomentosa L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

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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Last Revised: September 03, 2008