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Details for: TARS 4592,
Bauhinia purpurea
L., Purple Orchid Tree
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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
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TARS 4592 PL
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: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.
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
Alternate name
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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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