Details for: TARS 4592, Bauhinia purpurea L., Purple Orchid Tree

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Top Name:

Purple Orchid Tree

Origin:

Donated – Cienfuegos, Cuba

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

23 Jul 1937

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	1 count		TARS 4592 PL

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Distributed as: Seeds, Available: Several times a year

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Top Name:

Purple Orchid Tree

Origin:

Donated – Cienfuegos, Cuba

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

23 Jul 1937

Source History

Donated

23 July 1937.
Cienfuegos, Cuba

Donor(s):

Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum

Accession Names and Identifiers

Purple Orchid Tree

Type: Local name

Narrative

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Genus:

Bauhinia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Cercidoideae

Tribe:

Cercideae

Subtribe:

Bauhiniinae

Nomen number:

6590

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:375. 1753

Protologue link:

http://botanicus.org/page/358394

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

11/24/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Bauhinia purpurea L. var. purpurea

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bauhinia castrata Blanco
Bauhinia coromandeliana DC.
Bauhinia purpurea L. var. corneri de Wit
Bauhinia purpurea L. var. violacea de Wit
Bauhinia triandra Roxb.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	butterfly-orchid-tree	1	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
English	butterfly-tree	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	camel's-foot	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	orchidtree	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	purple bauhinia	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans	skoenlapperorgideëboom	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
India	khairwal	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pie de cabra	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	purpurbauhinia	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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