Bauhinia Lunarioides

Bauhinia lunarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Bauhinia
Species:	B. lunarioides
Binomial name
	Bauhinia lunarioides; A.Gray ex S.Watson
Synonyms
	Bauhinia congesta (Britton & Rose) Lundell; Casparia congesta Britton & Rose

Short description: Species of legume

Bauhinia lunarioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Southwestern Texas in the United States and Northern Mexico. Common names include Texasplume,^[2] Anacacho orchid tree, and pata de vaca.

It is a small deciduous tree growing to 4 m tall. The leaves are 2–5 cm long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are small, white or (rarely) pink, with five petals. The fruit is a pod.

Though limited in range in the wild, it has become increasingly available in nurseries.^[3]

References

↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Bauhinia lunarioides | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2010-10-21 }}
↑ "Bauhinia lunarioides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BALU. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
↑ "Anacacho Orchid Tree Bauhinia lunarioides (B. congesta)". Benny Simpson's Texas Native Shrubs. Texas A&M University. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/bauhinialunarioid.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-21.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4873500 entry

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[GRIN-1] {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Bauhinia lunarioides | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2010-10-21 }}

[2] "Bauhinia lunarioides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=BALU. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[A&M-3] "Anacacho Orchid Tree Bauhinia lunarioides (B. congesta)". Benny Simpson's Texas Native Shrubs. Texas A&M University. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/bauhinialunarioid.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-21.