Fabaceae
Bauhinia

Bauhinia divaricata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 374 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America, Caribbean. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Southwest Caribbean

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Torres-Colín, R., Duno de Stefano, R. & Lorena Can, L. (2009). El género Bauhinia (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae, Cercideae) en la península de Yucatán (México, Belice y Guatemala). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80: 293-301.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • L., Sp. Pl. 1: 374 (1753).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Amith, J. & collaborators (2020). Nahuatl Learning Environment http://www.balsas-nahuatl.org/index.html.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Forero, E. & Castellanos, C. (eds.) (2019). Estudios en Leguminosas Colombianas 3: 1-398. Academia Colombiana de ciencias exactas, físicas y naturales.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Adams, C. D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  • Liogier, A. H. (1985). La Flore de la Espanola. III
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Wunderlin, R. P. (1983). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 70(1) :95-127 ... Arborescent Bauhinias.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2005 Wallnöfer, B. [9624] Guatemala K000654294 No
Jan 1, 2005 Wallnöfer, B.; Tut-Tesucun, F.M. [6018] Guatemala K000654274 No
Jan 1, 2005 Wallnöfer, B.; Tut-Tesucun, F.M. [5951] Guatemala K000654273 No
Jan 1, 2000 Elorsa C., M. [2601] Mexico K000654209 No
Jan 1, 1998 Tenorio L., P.; Linares, J.L.; Ireland, H. [19715] Mexico K000654205 No
Jul 10, 1997 Rodríguez, A.; Ramírez, V.H.; Salas, S.; Soto, A. [1979] Costa Rica K000654295 No
Jan 1, 1997 Téllez V., O.; Martínez, S.E.M.; Martínez, F. [6513] Mexico K000654204 No
Jan 1, 1996 Sousa S., M.; Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.; Tozzi, C.; Tenorio, P. [13392] Mexico K000654248 No
Jan 1, 1994 Balam, F. [365] Mexico K000654260 No
Jan 1, 1993 Chan, C. [4423] Mexico K000654269 No
Jan 1, 1993 Salinas T., A. [7417] Mexico K000654212 No
Sep 20, 1990 Balam, F. [588] Mexico K000654210 No
Jan 1, 1990 Balam, F. [348] Mexico K000654261 No
Jan 1, 1990 Simá, P. [872] Mexico K000654262 No
Jan 1, 1988 Reyes García, A.; Sousa S., M.; Martínez S., E.M. [335] Mexico K000654246 No
Jan 1, 1988 Reyes García, A.; Sousa S., M.; Martínez S., E.M. [273] Mexico K000654213 No
Jan 1, 1988 Hughes, C.E. [515] Mexico K000654238 No
Apr 26, 1987 Ucan, E.; Poot, M. [5104] Mexico K000654211 No
Jan 1, 1986 Martínez S., E.M. [13688] Mexico K000654237 No
Jan 1, 1986 Soto Núñez, J.C.; Román G., S.; Vidal C., A. [11693] Mexico K000654239 No
Jan 1, 1984 Yuncker, T.G.; Koepper, J.M.; Wagner, K.A. [8801] Honduras K000654277 No
Jan 1, 1984 Palmer, E. [4] Mexico K000654228 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Dorantes, B. [2550] Mexico K000654251 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Martínez S., E.M. [20078] Mexico K000654247 No
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [12559] Mexico K000119537 No
Jan 1, 1984 Sousa S., M.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Basurto, P. [11311] Mexico K000654233 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Jurgensen [459] Mexico K000654220 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Matuda, E. [2014] Mexico K000654252 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Soto Núñez. J.C.; Ramírez, G. [1644] Mexico K000654218 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Mexia, Y. [9228] Mexico K000654240 No
Jan 1, 1984 Gaumer, G.F. [s.n.] Mexico K000654257 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Gaumer, G.F. [307] Mexico K000654222 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Jurgensen, C. [610] Mexico K000654280 No
Jan 1, 1984 Matuda, E. [1475] Mexico K000654253 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Gaumer, G.F. [1625] Mexico K000654254 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hahn, L., (?) [s.n.] K000654226 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Thieme, C. [5183] Honduras K000654217 No
Jan 1, 1984 Palmer, E. [227] Mexico K000654227 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Andrieux, G. [412] Mexico K000654286 No
Jan 1, 1984 Pringle, C.G. [3104] Mexico K000654258 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Linden, J.J. [1324] Mexico K000654282 No
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [12537] Mexico K000119535 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Gentle, P.H. [2382] Belize K000654279 No
Jan 1, 1984 Sousa S., M.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.; Basurto, P.; Cortés, L. [11624] Mexico K000654232 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Schipp, W.A. [221] Belize K000654278 No
Jan 1, 1984 Berlandier [2187] Mexico K000654216 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Francis, E.K. [1] Belize K000654289 No
Jan 1, 1984 Linden, J. [1319] Mexico K000654219 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sousa S., M.; Ramomoorthy, T.P.; Basurto, P.; Cortés, L. [11449] Mexico K000654242 No
Jan 1, 1984 Rovirosa, J.N. [734] Mexico K000654290 No
Jan 1, 1984 Palmer, E. [1284] Mexico K000654292 No
Jan 1, 1984 Langlassé, E. [s.n.] Mexico K000654501 No
Jan 1, 1984 Bernoulli, G.; Cario, R. [1187] Guatemala K000654221 No
Jan 1, 1984 Lundell, C.L. [640] Belize K000654281 No
Jan 1, 1984 Barclay, G.W. [s.n.] Mexico K000654224 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Liebmann, F.M. [101] Mexico K000654285 No
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [12559] Mexico K000119536 No
Jan 1, 1984 Valdez, P. [11] Mexico K000654287 No
Jan 1, 1984 Matuda, E. [3397] Mexico K000654255 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [16113] Mexico K000119538 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Peck. M.E. [646] Belize K000654229 No
Jan 1, 1984 Novelo, A. [315] Mexico K000654243 No
Jan 1, 1984 Kerber, E. [137] Mexico K000654284 No
Jan 1, 1984 Gaumer, G.F. [80] Mexico K000654288 No
Jan 1, 1984 Johnson, E.P. [39] Mexico K000654291 No
Jan 1, 1984 Seler, C.; Seler, E. [1694] Mexico K000654256 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Sousa S., M.; Basurto, P.; Cortés, L. [11656] Mexico K000654241 No
Jan 1, 1984 Sinclair, A. [s.n.] Mexico K000654223 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Dorantes, B. [2883] Mexico K000654230 No
Jan 1, 1984 Hinton, G.B. [12085] Mexico K000119534 Yes
Jan 1, 1981 Fryxell, P.A.; Anderson, W.R. [3491] Mexico K000654236 Yes
Shapiro, G. [356] Mexico K000654234 Yes
Rodríguez, A.; Ramírez, V. H.; Salas, S.; Soto, A. [1979] Costa Rica K001635813 Yes
Torres C., R.; Cedillo Trigos, R. [5] Mexico K000654231 Yes
Balam, F. [265] Mexico K000654259 No
Hughes, C.E. [840] Mexico K000654244 No
MACQUEEN, D.J. [160] Mexico K000654208 No
Estrada, E. [E-53] Mexico K000654263 No
Campbell, E.J.F. [78] Belize K000654283 No
Palmer, E. [363] Mexico K000654225 Yes
Mayfield, M.H.; Hinton, J.; Nesom, G. [2049] Mexico K000654207 No
Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E. [1757] Guatemala K:SPC-55230.000 No
Nash, R. [s.n.] Belize K000654272 No
Lewis, G.P.; Hughes, C.E. [1757] Guatemala K000654276 No
Méndez, M.; Durán, R.; Campos, G. [514] Mexico K000654265 No
Chan, D. [7100] Mexico K000654266 No
Tenorio L., P.; Romero, C.; Aguilar, J.M. [2931] Mexico K000654235 No
MACQUEEN, D.J.; Atkinson, R. [382] Guatemala K000654275 No
Gallardo, C.; Lorea, F.; Hanan, A. [161] Mexico K000654270 No
Rivera, R. [34] Mexico K000654264 No
Rico, L.; Campos, G. [1171] Mexico K000654249 No
Chan, C. [6941] Mexico K000654268 No
Sousa S., M.; Ramamoorthy, T.P.,, Cortés, L.; Hernández, H. [11812] Mexico K000654215 No
Hughes, C.E. [914] Mexico K000654245 No
Nelson, C. [7642] Honduras K000654293 No
Delgado Salinas, A.; García, P.J.; Hernández, M.R.; Magallanes, A.S. [866] Mexico K000654214 No
Chan, C. [7005] Mexico K000654267 No
Gallardo, C.; Lozada, L.; Morales, F. [741] Mexico K000654271 Yes
MACQUEEN, D.J. [341] Mexico K000654206 No
Nee, M.; Taylor, K. [28936] Mexico K000654250 Yes
Seler [1689] Mexico Bauhinia amblyophylla K000264636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hinton, G.B. [10959] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000119540 Yes
Liebmann, F.M. [108] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654369 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [617b] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654089 Yes
Coulter, T. [s.n.] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654372 Yes
Liebmann, F.M. [112] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654368 Yes
Sinclair, A. [s.n.] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654371 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [12289] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000119539 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2119] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654370 Yes
Purpus, C.A. [13041] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654367 Yes
Langlassé, E. [405] Mexico Bauhinia latifolia K000654373 Yes
Fryxell, P.A. [3670] Mexico Bauhinia mexicana K000654384 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [10535] Haiti Bauhinia divaricata var. angustiloba K000264647 Type Yes
Seler [1687] Mexico Bauhinia oaxacana K000264624 Type Yes

Sources

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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