Phanera ornata is a species of lianas in the family Fabaceae. It is in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia. Under its synonym, Bauhinia ornata, its Vietnamese 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, S. China and Indochina, where wild plants grow primarily in the tropical forest biome.
Accepted infraspecific names Plants of the World Online lists: P. ornata subsp. mizoramensis (Bandyop., B.D. Sharma & Thoth.) Bandyop., P.P. Ghoshal & M.K. Pathak - Assam (Mizoram) 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.
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