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Bauhinia

Cheniella tenuiflora

Bauhinia
Photo: Ninjatacoshell, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Native range
E. Himalaya to C. & S. China and Indo-China, Taiwan
Climate
subtropical

About

Cheniella tenuiflora is a species of scandent shrubs in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae; first described in 1889 with the basionym in genus Bauhinia,, this species has been placed in genus Phanera, before the erection of Cheniella in 2017.

Where it grows

The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Central & S. China, Taiwan and Indochina.

Other Cheniella plants

Climbing Bauhinia · Cheniella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cheniella tenuiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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