Bauhinia cinnamomea DC.

  • Authority

    Irwin, Howard S. 1966. Contributions to the botany of Guiana. IV. Legumonosae Caesalpinioideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 112-128.

  • Family

    Caesalpiniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Bauhinia cinnamomea DC.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRAZIL. Amapa Rio Mutuquere, affluent of Rio Oiapoque, Irwin, Pires, & Westra 48053; Rio Araguari, Pires, Rodrigues, & Irvine 51482.

  • Discussion

    This species, striking with its oblong entire leaves, is known from the seasonally flooded borders of interior rivers and creeks from British Guiana to Amapa, and also from a solitary station in Edo. Amazonas (Rio Madeira basin, Krukoff 6227).The cited numbers are first reports for Amapa

  • Distribution

    BRAZIL. Amapa Rio Mutuquere, affluent of Rio Oiapoque, Irwin, Pires, & Westra 48053; Rio Araguari, Pires, Rodrigues, & Irvine 51482.

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