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Phanera

Phanera
Bauhinia variegata (Kachnar) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 1463.jpg
Phanera variegata flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Cercidoideae
Tribe: Cercideae
Genus: Phanera
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Type species
Phanera coccinea
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Species

70–81; see text.


70–81; see text.

Phanera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. This genus differs from Bauhinia in being vines or lianas, generally with tendrils and a lobed rather than spathaceous calyx, and from Schnella in having only three fertile stamens rather than ten, and being native to Asia and Australasia rather than the Americas.

Phanera comprises the following species:


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