Cheniella tenuiflora is a species of scandent shrubs in the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae; first described in 1889 with the basionym in genus Bauhinia,Watt G ex Clarke CB (1889) J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 18., this species has been placed in genus Phanera, before the erection of Cheniella in 2017.Clark RP, Mackinder BA, Banks H (2017) Cheniella gen. nov. (Leguminosae: Cercidoideae) from southern China, Indochina and Malesia. European Journal of Taxonomy 360: 23. DOI
Distribution and description The native range of this species is E. Himalaya to Central & S. China, Taiwan and Indochina.Plants of the World Online: Cheniella tenuiflora (G.Watt ex C.B.Clarke) R.Clark & Mackinder (retrieved 3 September 2026)
Cheniella tenuiflora is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in subtropical and tropical biomes up to 1500 m. elevation. The leaves are glaucous especially on the undersides; flower petals are white.Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN. [entry 3446 ]
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