1	"Leaves divided to the base"	2
1	"Leaves divided halfway or less"	3
2	"Flowers bell-shaped; petals yellow, some usually with a dark purplish blotch at base, not clawed"	"Bauhinia ellenbeckii"
2	"Flowers open; petals white, shortly but distinctly clawed"	"Bauhinia leucantha"
3	"Fertile stamens 1 per flower; petals with long claws, most white to pink with purple speckles inside, upper petals yellow to pale pink or crimson"	"Bauhinia monandra"
3	"Fertile stamens 10; petals not or scarcely clawed, some sometimes with a purple blotch at the base inside"	4
4	"Flowers solitary, paired, or in short racemes; pedicels 0.7-2.7 cm long"	"Bauhinia tomentosa"
4	"Flowers solitary; pedicels up to 0.5 cm long"	"Bauhinia buscalionii"