Bauhinia divaricata

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Fabaceae}}

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|status=LC

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title=Bauhinia divaricata |page=e.T144313686A148993955 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T144313686A148993955.en |access-date=23 December 2022}}

|genus=Bauhinia

|species=divaricata

|authority=L.

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• Bauhinia amblyophylla {{small|Harms}}
• Bauhinia aurita {{small|Aiton}}
• Bauhinia caribaea {{small|Jenn.}}
• Bauhinia confusa {{small|Rose}}
• Bauhinia divaricata var. angustiloba {{small|Ekman ex Urb.}}
• Bauhinia furcata {{small|Desv.}}
• Bauhinia goldmanii {{small|Rose}}
• Bauhinia lamarckiana {{small|DC.}}
• Bauhinia latifolia {{small|Cav.}}
• Bauhinia mexicana {{small|Vogel}}
• Bauhinia oaxacana {{small|(Britton) Standl.}}
• Bauhinia peninsularis {{small|Brandegee}}
• Bauhinia porrecta {{small|Sw.}}
• Bauhinia racemifera {{small|Desf.}}
• Bauhinia retusa {{small|Poir.}}
• Bauhinia schlechtendaliana {{small|M.Martens & Galeotti}}
• Bauhinia versicolor {{small|Bertol.}}
• Casparia amblyophylla {{small|(Harms) Britton & Rose}}
• Casparia aurita {{small|(Aiton) Griseb.}}
• Casparia confusa {{small|(Rose) Britton & Rose}}
• Casparia divaricata {{small|(L.) Kunth ex Britton & Rose}}
• Casparia latifolia {{small|(Cav.) Kunth ex Seem.}}
• Casparia mexicana {{small|(Vogel) Britton & Rose}}
• Casparia oaxacana {{small|Britton}}
• Casparia peninsularis {{small|(Brandegee) Britton & Rose}}
• Casparia porrecta {{small|(Sw.) Kunth ex Griseb.}}
• Casparia schlechtendaliana {{small|(M.Martens & Galeotti) Britton & Rose}}
• Casparia versicolor {{small|(Bertol.) Britton & Rose}}
• Mandarus divaricata {{small|(L.) Raf.}}

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Bauhinia divaricata, the bull hoof or Mexican orchid tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.{{cite book |last1=Grandtner |first1=Miroslav M. |date=8 April 2005 |title=Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: Volume 1: North America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjc5ZYWtkNAC&dq=%22Bauhinia+divaricata%22&pg=PA96 |location= |publisher=Elsevier Science |page=96 |isbn=9780080460185 |quote=... cowfoot, cow hoof, goathoof, moco john, mountain ebony, small bullhoof }}{{cite book |last1=Irish |first1=Mary |date=2008 |title=Trees and Shrubs for the Southwest: Woody Plants for Arid Gardens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyWkIsLDca8C&q=Bauhinia+divaricata&pg=PA121 |publisher=Timber Press |pages=121–122 |isbn=9780881929058 }} It is native to Mexico, Central America (except Panama), and the Caribbean.{{cite POWO |id=316400-2 |title=Bauhinia divaricata L. |access-date=24 June 2022 }}