Biancaea

Biancaea
Biancaea sappan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Biancaea Tod.
Type species
Biancaea decapetala (Roth) Deg.
Species [1]
7; see text
Synonyms
Caesalpinia sect. SappaniaDC. 1825

Biancaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species, which range from Yemen to south Asia, Indochina, Malesia, China, Korea, and Japan. ^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae ^[2] and the tribe Caesalpinieae. ^[3]

Species

Biancaea comprises the following species: ^[3]

• 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)
• Biancaea scabrida L.M.Choo

References

1. Biancaea Tod. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 13 August 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. 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.

External links

• Media related to Biancaea at Wikimedia Commons