Guilandina
| Guilandina | |
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| Guilandina bonduc | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Tribe: | Caesalpinieae |
| Genus: | Guilandina L. (1753) |
| Type species | |
| Guilandina bonduc L. (1753)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Guilandina is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae[2] and tribe Caesalpinieae.[3]
The genus was named after Melchior Wieland (1515–1589), a Prussian naturalist who "Italianized" his name as "Guilandini" upon moving to Italy.[3]
Species[edit]
The genus Guilandina comprises the following species:[3][1]
- Guilandina barkeriana (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Cuba and Haiti)
- Guilandina bonduc L. 1753 – grey nicker, knicker nut (pantropical)
- Guilandina caymanensis (Millsp.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands)
- Guilandina ciliata Bergius ex Wikstrom – broadpad nicker (Caribbean)
- Guilandina culebrae Britton & Wilson ex Britton & Rose – smooth yellow nicker (Puerto Rico)
- Guilandina delphinensis (Du Puy & R.Rabev.) G.P.Lewis (southeastern Madagascar)
- Guilandina glaucophylla (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Swan Islands)
- Guilandina intermedia (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba and Jamaica)
- Guilandina major (DC.) Small – yellow nicker (pantropical)
- Guilandina minax (Hance) G.P.Lewis (eastern Himalayas, Indochina, and southern China)
- Guilandina murifructa (Gillis & Proctor) G.P.Lewis (Bahamas)
- Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico)
- Guilandina robusta (C.T.White) G.P.Lewis (Cook region of Queensland)
- Guilandina solomonensis (Hattink) G.P.Lewis (New Georgia in the Solomon Islands)
- Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola)
- Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica)
- Guilandina volkensii (Harms) G.P.Lewis (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
- Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica)
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Leaves of Guilandina bonduc -
Fruits of G. bonduc
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Guilandina L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
- ^ a b c Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
External links[edit]
Media related to Guilandina at Wikimedia Commons
