This treatment presents a key to identification, brief synonymy and taxonomic comments for nineteen taxa (eighteen species and one subspecies) of the genus Bauhinia sect. Pauletia, belonging to five series: Aculeatae, Acuminatae, Ariaria, Pentandrae and Perlebia. The distribution of the native species was plotted on three maps. Two plates, illustrative of Bauhinia aculeata and B. tarapotensis are presented.
Bauhinia; Brazil; Caesalpinioideae; Leguminosae; systematics
