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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.
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Bauhinia
Specific Epithet
aculeata
Authorship
L.
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#270,431 of 335,497
Top 81%
Extinction probability
5%
