Biology:Guilandina
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Short description: Genus of legumes
| 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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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)
Leaves of Guilandina bonduc
Fruits of G. bonduc
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Guilandina L.". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30026032-2.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 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
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