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Definition of Genus bauhinia
1. Noun. Mountain ebony, orchid tree.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caesalpinioideae, Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
Member holonyms: Bauhinia Monandra, Butterfly Flower, Bauhinia Variegata, Mountain Ebony, Orchid Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bauhinia
Literary usage of Genus bauhinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The genus Bauhinia which has about 150 existing species of the tropics of both
hemispheres has several especially characteristic forms in the Upper ..."
2. Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with by Alexander von Humboldt (1850)
"... the true genus Bauhinia belongs to the New Continent: the African Bauhinia, B.
rufescens (Lam. ..."
3. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1908)
"A NEW CRETACEOUS BAUHINIA* BY EDWARD W. BERRY The genus Bauhinia Linne of the
Caesalpiniaceae has upwards of one hundred and fifty species in the modern ..."
4. The Geological History of Plants by John William Dawson (1888)
"They are deeply bilobed, and have the peculiar and characteristic form and
nervation of the leaves of this genus. Bauhinia is a leguminous genus allied to ..."
5. Aspects of Nature: In Different Lands and Different Climates; with by Alexander von Humboldt (1849)
"... the true genus Bauhinia belongs to the New Continent: the African Bauhinia, B.
rufescens, (Lam. ..."
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