Bauhinia variegata LC Taxonomic Authority: L.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region Synonyms Common Names alba Wall. Bauhinia candida Roxb. Bauhinia candida Aiton Bauhinia variegata va (Aiton)Corner Bauhinia variegata va DC.

Upper Level Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name:  Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:

General Information Distribution This species is native to south China, Myanmar, North Thailand, Peoples Democratic Republic of Lao, and north Vietnam. It is widely introduced and cultivated elswhere in the world which makes identification of the exact native range difficult.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 1700  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit: 500  Antarctic Map Status: Depth  Australasian Upper limit:  Neotropical Lower limit:  Oceanian Depth Zones  Palearctic  Shallow photic  Bathyl  Hadal  Indomalayan  Photic  Abyssal  Nearctic Population No population information is available. The most recent herbarium record used is dated 2003.

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology This species is found in forests.

System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative  Terrestrial  Freshwater  Nomadic  Congregatory/Dispersive  Is the species a wild relative of a crop?   Marine  Migratory  Altitudinally migrant

Growth From Definition Tree - size unknow Tree (any size), also termed a Phanerophyte (>1m)

Threats This species suffers from the general threat of human induced habitat loss.

Past Present Future 1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced)    13 None    Conservation Measures No specific conservation measures are in place for this species. It is widely cultivated and is listed as a species of the Horticultural Gardens in Lalbagh, Bangalore, India (Chakraverty et al. 2003), but was not found in availlable lists of bank species. It is known to occur in protected areas within its range, such as the Doi Khuntan National Park in Thailand.

In Place Needed 4 Habitat and site-based actions   4.4 Protected areas   5 Species-based actions   5.7 Ex situ conservation actions   5.7.1 Captive breeding/Artificial propagation   5.7.2 Genome resource bank   7 None  

Countries of Occurrence

PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly Extinct Presence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Bahamas             Bangladesh             Bhutan             Brazil             China             Yunnan             Colombia             Congo, The Democratic             Republic of the Dominican Republic             El Salvador             Ethiopia             Fiji             Ghana             Grenada             Haiti             Hong Kong             India             Indonesia             Iraq             Kenya             Lao People's Democratic             Republic Malawi             Malaysia             Mauritius             Mexico             Mozambique             Myanmar             Nepal             Nigeria             Norfolk Island             Pakistan             Panama             Papua New Guinea             Puerto Rico             Saint Lucia             Seychelles             Sierra Leone             South Africa             Sri Lanka             Tanzania             Thailand             Tonga             Uganda             United States             Viet Nam             Zambia             Zimbabwe            

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 1 Forest 1 Suitable Unset 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1 Suitable Unset 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1 Suitable Unset 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 1 Suitable Unset

Ecosystem Services  Insufficient Information available  Species provides no ecosystem services

Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 13. Pets/display animals, horticulture   

Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years: Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years: CITES status: Not listed IUCN Red Listing Red List Assessment: (using 2001 IUCN system) Least Concern (LC)

Red List Criteria: Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species): Is the species Possibly Extinct?  Possibly Extinct Candidate?  Rationale for the Red List Assessment The extent of occurrence (EOO), estimated area of occupancy (AOO) and inferred population exceed the thresholds. It is assessed as Least Concern (LC). Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:  Genuine Change  Nongenuine Change  No Change  Genuine (recent)  New information  Taxonomy  Same category  Genuine (since first assessment)  Knowledge of Criteria  Criteria Revisio and criteria  Incorrect data used  Other  Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 16/09/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): H.Chadburn Evaluator(s): Notes:

% population decline in the past: Time period over which the past decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): % population decline in the future: Time period over which the future decline has been measured for applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations): Number of Locations: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:

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