Species notes
About Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia purpurea (also recorded as Butterfly Orchid Tree) is an accepted species in the family Fabaceae, within the order Fabales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Andaman Is.. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Butterfly Orchid Tree
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Order
- Fabales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Andaman Is.
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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