Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Bauhinia > Bauhinia forficata

Bauhinia forficata (cow's-foot)

Synonyms: Inga forficata (homotypic); Pauletia forficata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Bauhinia forficata, commonly known as Brazilian orchid tree,Pata de Vaca, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to Argentina, Brazil and Peru.
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Infraspecies

Bauhinia forficata forficata (Attributes)
Bauhinia forficata pruinosa (Caúba) (Attributes)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.57
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0