Bauhinia monandra vs shrub

Bauhinia monandra and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Bauhinia monandra	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of Bauhinia monandra; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than Bauhinia monandra:

Bauhinia monandra: shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of Bauhinia monandra include bush.

Bauhinia monandra (noun)	shrub (noun)
shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems