Lysiphyllum hookeri

It, along with the rest of the genus Lysiphyllum was formerly treated as part of the genus Bauhinia. However, molecular phylogenetic analysis confirms that Lysiphyllum is a distinct genus from Bauhinia.

These trees grow naturally in monsoon forest, littoral rainforest and occasionally in more open forest types in north-eastern Australia. It has also been widely cultivated throughout Australia and the pacific region as a drought-tolerant ornamental plant.

As with most members of the genus, this species produces compound leaves with only a single pair of leaflets, producing a bi-lobed leaf that resembles the wings of a butterfly. Showy white flowers are produced throughout the year dependent on rainfall, and are accented by long red stamens. They also have a lovely delicate scent. The flowers are followed by flat pods containing multiple seeds.

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{{APNI | name= Bauhinia hookeri | id= 58712 | accessdate= 28 May 2013 }}

{{APNI | name= Lysiphyllum hookeri | id= 28044 | accessdate= 28 May 2013 }}

{{Cite book |veditors=Bostock PD, Holland AE | year= 2010 | url= http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/plants/census_qld_flora.html | title= Census of the Queensland Flora 2010 | location= Brisbane | publisher= Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Resource Management | page= 35 | isbn = 978-1920928193 | access-date= 28 May 2013 }}

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{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |access-date=19 June 2021 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Bauhinia_hookeri.htm |title=Bauhinia hookeri |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government}}

{{Cite web | url= http://www.starrenvironmental.com/images/species/?q=bauhinia+hookeri&o=plants | title= Bauhinia hookeri (Mountain ebony) | work= Plants of Hawaii | location= Hawaii | publisher= Starr Environmental | format= Online, at starrenvironmental.com | access-date= 28 May 2013 }}

{{Cite web | url= http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/lowo/TaxonomicView/SubFamily/Tribe/Genus/index.htm?kew_lowo_accepted_name_path=Lysiphyllum | title= Lysiphyllum | work= Legumes of the World | location= London, England | publisher= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | format= Online, at kew.org | access-date= 14 May 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140515031433/http://www.kew.org/science-research-data/lowo/TaxonomicView/SubFamily/Tribe/Genus/index.htm?kew_lowo_accepted_name_path=Lysiphyllum | archive-date= 15 May 2014 | url-status= dead }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Bruneau A, Forest F, Herendeen PS, Klitgaard BB, Lewis GP | year = 2001 | title = Phylogenetic Relationships in the Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) as Inferred from Chloroplast trnL Intron Sequences | journal = Syst Bot | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 487–514 | url = http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1043/0363-6445-26.3.487 | doi = 10.1043/0363-6445-26.3.487 | doi-broken-date = 12 July 2025 }}

{{cite book |vauthors=Herendeen PS, Bruneau A, Lewis GP | year = 2003 | chapter = Phylogenetic relationships in caesalpinioid legumes: a preliminary analysis based on morphological and molecular data |veditors=Klitgaard BB, Bruneau A | title = Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 10: Higher Level Systematics | pages = 37–62 | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | isbn = 978-1-84246-054-2 }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Bruneau A, Mercure M, Lewis GP, Herendeen PS | year = 2008 | title = Phylogenetic patterns and diversification in the caesalpinioid legumes | journal = Botany | volume = 86 | issue = 7 | pages = 697–718 | doi=10.1139/b08-058}}

{{cite journal | title = The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region | year = 2009 |vauthors=Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A | journal = Botany | volume = 87 | issue = 10 | pages = 947–960 | doi = 10.1139/B09-065 }}

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Category:Cercidoideae

Category:Flora of Queensland

Category:Drought-tolerant trees

Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller

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