''Phanera ornata'' is a species of
liana
A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...
s in the subfamily
Cercidoideae
Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include ''Cercis'' (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, ''Bauhinia'', widely cultivated as an ornamental tr ...
and the tribe
Bauhinieae,
the genus having been separated from ''Bauhinia''.
Under its synonym, ''Bauhinia ornata'', its
Vietnamese name
Traditional Vietnamese personal names generally consist of three parts, used in Eastern name order.
* A family name (normally patrilineal, The father’s family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name).
...
is "móng bò diện".
[Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) ''Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam'' vol. I, entry 3462; publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN.] Distribution records exist from
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
, S. China and
Indochina
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, where wild plants grow primarily in the
tropical forest
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Some tropical fores ...
biome.
[POWO]
''Phanera ''ornata'' (Kurz) Thoth.
Accepted infraspecific names
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Plants of the World Online
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'' lists:
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# ''P. ornata'' subsp. ''mizoramensis'' (Bandyop., B.D. Sharma & Thoth.) Bandyop., P.P. Ghoshal & M.K. Pathak - Assam (]Mizoram
Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...
) only
# ''P. ornata'' subsp. ''ornata'' (Kurz) Thoth.
## ''P. ornata'' var. ''balansae'' (Gagnep.) Bandyop., P.P. Ghoshal & M.K. Pathak
## ''P. ornata'' var. ''burmanica'' (K. Larsen & S.S. Larsen) Bandyop., P.P. Ghoshal & M.K. Pathak
## ''P. ornata'' var. ''kerrii'' (Gagnep.) Bandyop., P.P. Ghoshal & M.K. Pathak (synonym ''P. o.'' var. ''subumbellata'')
## ''P. ornata'' var. ''ornata'' (Kurz) Thoth.
References
External links
Images at iNaturalist
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ornata
Flora of Indo-China
Fabales of Asia