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Biancaea

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. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and the tribe Caesalpinieae.

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Biancaea
Biancaea sappan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Biancaea
Tod.
Type species
Biancaea decapetala
(Roth) Deg.
Species1

7; see text

Synonyms
  • Caesalpinia sect. Sappania DC. 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 Caesalpinioideae2 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

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
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