Guilandina is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Caesalpinieae.
The genus was named after Melchior Wieland (1515–1589), a Prussian naturalist who "Italianized" his name as "Guilandini" upon moving to Italy.
Species
The genus Guilandina comprises the following species: 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 (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 (eastern Himalayas, Indochina, and southern China) Guilandina murifructa (Bahamas) Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico) Guilandina robusta (Cook region of Queensland) Guilandina solomonensis (New Georgia in the Solomon Islands) Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola) Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica) Guilandina volkensii (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania) Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica)
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