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Guilandina

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Guilandina
Guilandina bonduc
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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The genus Guilandina comprises the following species:[3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Guilandina L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  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. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ 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.
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