Bauhinia phoenicea
Appearance
Bauhinia phoenicea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Bauhinia |
Species: | B. phoenicea
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Binomial name | |
Bauhinia phoenicea | |
Synonyms | |
Phanera phoenicea (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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1879). The flora of British India. Vol. v.2 (1879). London: L. Reeve. pp. 283–284.