Bauhinia rufescens Lam. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Bauhinia rufescens Lam.

Summary

Genus:

Bauhinia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Caesalpinioideae

Tribe:

Cercideae

Subtribe:

Bauhiniinae

Nomen number:

405916

Place of publication:

Encycl. 1:391. 1785

Verified:

03/29/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 1 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Workman, S. W. 1986. Nodulation trials with selected arboreal legumes of Burkina Faso, West Africa. Nitrogen Fixing Tree Res. Rep. 4:7-8.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Benin
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Cote D'Ivoire
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mauritania
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon

Native
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan, Chad
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405916. Accessed 19 July 2025.