Guilandina

Guilandina
	Guilandina bonduc
Scientific 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
	Bonduc Mill.; 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^[1] and tribe Caesalpinieae.^[2]

The genus was named after Melchior Wieland (1515–1589), a Prussian naturalist who "Italianized" his name as "Guilandini" upon moving to Italy.^[2]

Species

The genus Guilandina comprises the following species:^[2]^[3]

Guilandina barkeriana (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Cuba, 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 glaucophylla (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Swan Islands)
Guilandina intermedia (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Jamaica)
Guilandina major (DC.) Small – yellow nicker (pantropical)
Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico)
Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola)
Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica)
Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, Jamaica)

The following species also belong to the genus Guilandina but as of 2016^[update] have not yet been formally transferred:^[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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys. 71 (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ "Guilandina L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 13 January 2019.