Biancaea

Biancaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae[1] and the tribe Caesalpinieae.[2]

Biancaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Biancaea
(Tod. 1860) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
Type species
Biancaea decapetala
(Roth) Deg.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Caesalpinia sect. Sappania DC. 1825
  • Campecia Adans. 1763, nom. rejec.

Species

Biancaea comprises the following species:[2]

  • Biancaea decapetala (Roth 1821) O. Deg. 1936—Mysore thorn (India)
  • Biancaea godefroyana (Kuntze 1891) Molinari, Mayta & Sánchez Och. 2016
  • Biancaea millettii (Hook. & Arn. 1841 [1833]) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Biancaea oppositifolia (Hattink 1974) Molinari & Mayta 2016
  • Biancaea parviflora (Prain ex King 1974) Mayta & Molinari 2016
  • Biancaea sappan (L. 1753) Tod. 1875—Sappanwood (Southeast Asia, Malay Archipelago)

References

  1. 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.
  2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys. 71 (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
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