Biology:Guilandina

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Guilandina
Caesalpinia bonduc (Gray Nicker Bean) (9757179076).jpg
Guilandina bonduc
Scientific classification e
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bonduc Adans. (1763)
  • Caesalpinia subgen. Guilandina (L. 1753) Gillis & Proctor (1974)

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

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)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Guilandina L.". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30026032-2. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. 2016. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMID 28814915. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10292725 entry