Guilandina

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

Guilandina
Guilandina bonduc
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Guilandina
L. 1753
Type species
Guilandina bonduc
L. 1753
Synonyms
  • Bonduc Mill.
  • Caesalpinia subgen. Guilandina (L. 1753) Gillis & Proctor 1974

The genus was named after Melchior Wieland (1515–1589), a Prussian naturalist who "Italianized" his name as "Guilandini" upon moving to Italy.[2]

Species

The genus Guilandina comprises the following species:[2][3]

  • Guilandina barkeriana (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Cuba, 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 glaucophylla (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Swan Islands)
  • Guilandina intermedia (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Jamaica)
  • Guilandina major (DC.) Small – yellow nicker (pantropical)
  • Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico)
  • Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola)
  • Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica)
  • Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica)

The following species also belong to the genus Guilandina but as of 2016 have not yet been formally transferred:[2]

  • Caesalpinia delphinensis Du Puy & Rabev.
  • Caesalpinia homblei R. Wilczek
  • Caesalpinia minax Hance
  • Caesalpinia murifructa Gillis & Proctor
  • Caesalpinia solomonensis Hattink
  • Caesalpinia volkensii Harms

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.
  3. "Guilandina L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
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