A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

400 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Bauhinia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 374. 1753.
Distribution: Native to Hispaniola, Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados,
Grenada, Grenadines, St. Vincent), Trinidad and South America.
References: 1, 7, 150.
Bauhinia acuminata L., Sp. Pl. 376. 1753.
Distribution: Exotic in Hispaniola and Lesser Antilles (Dominica);
native to tropical Asia.
References: 1, 7.
Bauhinia bauhinioides (Mart.) J. F. Macbr., Contrib. Gray Herb. 59:
22. 1919; Perlebia bauhinioides Mart. in J.B. Spix & C.F.P. von
Martius, Reise Bras. 1: 555. 1828.
Distribution: Native to Cuba and South America.
References: 3, 12, 224.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Bauhinia blakeana Dunn, J. Bot. 46: 325. 1908.
Distribution: Exotic in Virgin Islands (St. Croix) and Lesser Antilles
(St. Vincent).
References: 1, 230.
Bauhinia caribaea Jenn. = Bauhinia divaricata L. var. divaricata
Bauhinia coccinea (Lour.) DC. = Phanera coccinea Lour.
Bauhinia cumanensis Kunth = Bauhinia glabra Jacq.
Bauhinia dipetala Hemsl., Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic. 48. 1880.
Distribution: Native to Cuba and Mexico.
Common Names: Bauhinia, Baujinia (Cuba).
References: 3, 12, 224.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Bauhinia divaricata L., Sp. Pl. 374. 1753, var. divaricata
Bauhinia caribaea Jenn., Ann. Carnegie Mus. 11: 127. 1917.
Casparea aurita Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 213. 1860.
Distribution: Native to Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica,
Lesser Antilles (St. Kitts), North America, Mexico, and Central
America.
Common Names: Guacacoa, Majagüilla, Pata de vaca (Cuba),
Callegue, Calleque, Huella de chivo, Pata de chivo, Pie de chivo
(Dominican Republic), Bois caleçon, Bois petit caleçon, Bois ticaleçon,
Collègue, Collègue matouri, Matourin, Petit caleçon, Petit
cançon, Ti-caleçon (Haiti).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 123.
Bauhinia divaricata L. var. angustiloba Ekman ex Urb., Ark. Bot.
24A(4): 8. 1931.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola.
Reference: 7.
Bauhinia galpinii N.E. Br., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1994. 1891.
Bauhinia punctata G.J. Burch ex Benth. in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras.
15(2): 211. 1870.
Distribution: Exotic in Cayman Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Lesser
Antilles (Martinique, St. Vincent); native to Africa.
Common Name: Bauhinia roja (Cuba).
References: 1, 4, 58, 132.
Bauhinia glabra Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 20. 1760.
Bauhinia cumanensis Kunth in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A.
Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 321. 1824.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Margarita, Trinidad, Mexico, Central
America, and South America.
References: 12, 323.
Bauhinia guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 377. 1775.
Distribution: Native to Lesser Antilles (Dominica, Guadeloupe),
Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Common Names: Liane-boudin tordue, Tiane grand-bois (Lesser Antilles).
Reference: 1.
Bauhinia jenningsii P. Wilson, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 463. 1916.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba; native to Mexico and Central America.
Common Name: Mariposa (Cuba).
References: 3, 12.
Bauhinia kappleri Sagot = Bauhinia monandra Kurz
Bauhinia krugii sensu A. Stahl = Bauhinia pauletia Pers.
Bauhinia krugii Urb. = Bauhinia monandra Kurz
Bauhinia megalandra Griseb. = Bauhinia multinervia (Kunth) DC.
Bauhinia monandra Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2):
73. 1873; Caspareopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose, N.
Amer. Fl. 23(4): 217. 1930.
Bauhinia kappleri Sagot, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 6, 13: 317. 1882.
Bauhinia krugii Urb., Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 3: 83. 1885.
Bauhinia porrecta sensu A. Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto Rico 3: 127. 1885,
non Sw.
Distribution: Exotic in Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands (Guana, Tortola), Lesser Antilles (Barbados,
Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba,
St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), and Margarita
Native of Africa.
Common Names: Casco de mulo, Pata de vaca (Cuba), Flamboyán
chino, Flamboyán cubano, Flamboyán extranjero, Huella de
vaca, Orquídea de pobre, Palo de vaca, Pata de vaca, Semirubia
(Dominican Republic), Caractère des hommes, Deux jumelles,
Flamboyant étranger, Jumelle, Les deux jumelles (Haiti),
Napoleon’s cocked hat (Lesser Antilles), Alas de angel, Baujinia,
Flamboyán blanco, Mariposa, Seplina, Varital (Puerto Rico),
Napoleon’s plume, Variable (Virgin Islands).
References: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 58, 61, 123, 131, 132, 224, 231.
Note: Considered an invasive species by CeNBIO.
Bauhinia multinervia (Kunth) DC., Prodr. 2: 515. 1825; Pauletia
multinervia Kunth in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland &
C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 316. 1824.
Bauhinia megalandra Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 213. 1860.
Distribution: Native to Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Trinidad, and South
America; exotic in Puerto Rico.
Common Names: Mountain ebony, Petit flamboyant (Lesser Antilles).
References: 1, 58.
Bauhinia pauletia Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 455. 1805.
Bauhinia krugii sensu A. Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto Rico 3: 128. 1885,
non Urb. 1885.
Pauletia aculeata Cav., Icon. 5: 6. 1799.
Distribution: Exotic in Puerto Rico; native to Mexico, Central America,
Trinidad, and South America.
Common Name: Arañagato (Puerto Rico).
References: 6, 30, 61, 75, 151.
Bauhinia porrecta sensu A. Stahl = Bauhinia monandra Kurz
Bauhinia punctata G.J. Burch ex Benth. = Bauhinia galpinii N.E. Br.
Bauhinia purpurea L., Sp. Pl. 375. 1753; Phanera purpurea (L.) Benth.,
Pl. Jungh. 2: 262. 1852.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Tortola,
Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia),
Margarita, Trinidad, and United States (FL); native to tropical
Asia.
Common Names: Bauhinia, Bauhinia roja, Gorro de Napoleón,
Mariposa, Orquídea silvestre, Puente de mono (Cuba), Palo de
orquídeas (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 6, 58, 131, 132, 150, 228, 252.
Bauhinia racemosa Lam., Encycl. 1: 390. 1785.