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Bauhinia ungulata

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Species of legume

Bauhinia ungulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species: B. ungulata
Binomial name
Bauhinia ungulata
L.
Synonyms
  • Bauhinia benthamiana Taub.
  • Bauhinia cavanillei Millsp.
  • Bauhinia galpinii var. ungulata L.
  • Bauhinia inermis (Cav.) Pers.
  • Bauhinia inermis Forssk.
  • Bauhinia inermis Perr.
  • Bauhinia macrostachya Benth.
  • Bauhinia unguiculata Sesse & Moc.
  • Cansenia ungulata (L.) Raf.
  • Pauletia inermis Cav.
  • Pauletia ungulata (L.) A.Schmitz

Bauhinia ungulata is a shrub species (up to 7 m height) in the tropical Americas, from Mexico to Paraguay. It is commonly found throughout the Brazilian open savannas of Cerrado and Pantanal. Its nocturnal flowers are pollinated by phyllostomid bats, mainly the small Glossophaginae Glossophaga soricina and Anoura caudifer and the Phyllostominae Phyllostomus discolor, which visit the flowers singly or in pairs.

References

  1. "Bauhinia ungulata L. — the Plant List".
  2. Fischer, Erich A. (1992-01-01). "Foraging of Nectarivorous Bats on Bauhinia ungulata". Biotropica. 24 (4): 579–582. Bibcode:1992Biotr..24..579F. doi:10.2307/2389025. JSTOR 2389025.
Taxon identifiers
Bauhinia ungulata


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