Native to Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Panamá, Peru, Venezuela, Windward Is.; introduced into Florida, Trinidad-Tobago (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Garden no. 941078A

April 7, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Bauhinia

Specific Epithet

aculeata

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#270,431 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →