Bauhinia glabra

Bauhinia glabra
In Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species:
B. glabra
Binomial name
Bauhinia glabra
Jacq.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bauhinia columbiensis Vogel
  • Caulotretus heterophyllus (Kunth) Warb.
  • Bauhinia heterophylla Kunth
  • Binaria hondurensis (Standl.) A.Schmitz
  • Schnella heterophylla (Kunth) Benth.
  • Bauhinia standleyi Rose
  • Bauhinia hondurensis Standl.
  • Schnella glabra (Jacq.) Dugand
  • Bauhinia suaveolens Kunth
  • Schnella standleyi (Rose) Britton & Rose
  • Schnella columbiensis Benth.
  • Bauhinia storkii (Britton & Rose) Standl.
  • Schnella storkii Britton & Rose
  • Schnella brachystachya Benth.
  • Bauhinia brachystachya (Benth.) Walp.
  • Binaria cumanensis (Kunth) Raf.
  • Schnella cumanensis (Kunth) Britton & Rose
  • Bauhinia cumanensis Kunth

Bauhinia glabra, also commonly referred to as the monkey step/ladder, is more often introduced with its accepted name, whereas Bauhinia cumanensis, is a synonym for the plant name. B. glabra is located in the tropical climates of countries such as Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia and Guayana, while being introduced to Sri Lanka.[2]

  1. ^ "Bauhinia glabra". Catalogue of Life.
  2. ^ ""Species Details : Bauhinia Glabra Jacq". Catalogue of Life : Bauhinia Cumanensis Kunth". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 16 November 2020.