| Valid name | Bauhinia |
| Synonym | Bracteolanthus de Wit, l. c. 415. |
| Synonym | Lysiphyllum (Benth.) de Wit, l. c. 431. |
| Synonym | Pauletia Cav., Icon. 5 (1799) 5. |
| Synonym | Monoteles Raf., Sylv. Tell. (1838) 122. |
| Synonym | Phanera Lour., Fl. Coch. (1790) 37; de Wit, l. c. 135. |
| Synonym | Lasiobema Korth., Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt. Bot. (1841) 84; de Wit, l. c. 422. |
| Synonym | Piliostigma Hochst., Flora 29 (1846) 598; de Wit, l. c. 530. |
| Synonym | Gigasiphon Drake del Cast. in Grand., Hist. Phys. Madag. 30 (1) (1902) 88; de Wit, l. c. 418. |
| Synonym | Bauhinia L., Sp. Pl. 1 (1753) 374; DC., Prod. 2 (1825) 512; Taubert in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3, 3 (189 |