Phanera coccinea is the type species of the genus Phanera: a "climbing shrub" in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae, the genus having been separated from Bauhinia. Under its synonym Bauhinia coccinea, its Vietnamese names include "quạch" and "mấu". Records of distribution exist from the subtropical and tropical forests of Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and South-central China. Accepted infraspecifics Plants of the World Online lists: P. coccinea subsp. coccinea P. coccinea subsp. tonkinensis (Gagnep.) Mackinder & R.Clark (Yunnan, Indochina) References External Links Cercidoideae Flora of Indo-China Fabales of Asia