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Bauhinia galpinii

(Bois De Boeuf Rouge)

Overview

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This shrubby, climbing species from Africa is one of several from the genus that are grown in Hawaii as ornamentals . The genus is readily recognized by the two-lobed leaves with a small tooth in the sinus.

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

African Plume, Bahninia Rouge, Bauhinia Rouge, Bois De Boeuf Rouge, Nasturtium Bauhinia, Orchid Tree, Pride of De Kaap, Red Bauhinia, Red Butterfly Tree, Red Butterfly-Tree, Sabot Boeuf Rouge

Common Names in Informal Latinized N:

Bauhinia 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: Shrub , Subshrub , Vine

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August, September. • Flower Color: red-orange

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-8' tall.

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 8-10' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

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

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Perlebia galpinii (N.E.Br.)A.Schmitz

Misapplied Names

  1. Bauhinia punctata sensu Bolle

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 9:728. 1891 Jun "galpini" (D. Oliver in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1994. 1891 August)

Name verified on 12-Apr-1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 16-Aug-2006

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Bauhinia

There are approximately 668 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. 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. bahiachalensis · B. baina · B. bartlettii (Orchid Tree) · B. bassacensis (Bauhinia) · B. bassacensis var. backeri · B. bassacensis var. bassacensis · 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 · B. buscalionii · B. calciphila · B. calliandroides

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 29, 2007:

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Footnotes

Last Revised: 2008-11-10