Bauhinia cupulata Benth.

  • Authority

    Isley, Duane. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25 (2): 1-228.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bauhinia cupulata Benth.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glabrate shrub or tree. Leaves simple, ovate, subcordate or not, 7-12 cm, .9-1.4 r, cleft 1/2-3/4 with erect, rounded lobes; blades rigidly coriaceous, strongly and minutely reticulate beneath. Flowers in short intercalary or terminal racemes. Pedicel-hypanthium ca 1 cm; calyx bud 4-10 cm (depending on state of maturity), narrowly oblanceolate or linear, splitting in several segments; finely rufescent; petals white, turning pinkish, linear-filamentous, 7-9 cm; stamens apparently 10, filaments white; ovary long-stipitate. Legume elastically dehiscent, oblong, flat, ca 10 cm long, 2.5 cm wide as to material seen; valves woody-coriaceous.

  • Discussion

    U.S. collections seen, determined by Richard Wunderlin, date from 1951. The species, not known to Avery (in litt.) in Florida institutional plantings, is probably a horticultural waif.

  • Distribution

    Subtropical Florida. Novelty. Dec. as to material seen. Brazil and Venezuela.

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