Bauhinia phoenicea

Bauhinia phoenicea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species:
B. phoenicea
Binomial name
Bauhinia phoenicea
Synonyms

Phanera phoenicea (Wight & Arn.)Benth.
Bauhinia benthamii Bedd.
Bauhinia phoenicea B.Heyne
Bauhinia ruficarpa Desv.
Perlebia phoenicea (B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.) A.Schmitz
Phanera phoenicea (B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.) Benth.

Bauhinia phoenicea is a liana endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[1][2] It can be seen around the evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

References

  1. ^ Singh, R.K.; Diwakar, P.G.; Sudhakar, J.V. (2015-08-26). "Bauhinia phoenicea B. Heyne ex Wight & Arn., the less known endemic and threatened liana of the southern Western Ghats, requires immediate conservation". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 7 (10): 7676–7682. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3825.7676-82.
  2. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1879). The flora of British India. Vol. v.2 (1879). London: L. Reeve. pp. 283–284.
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