Biancaea Explained

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

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21809-1 Biancaea Tod.
2. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .
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 . 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 . 28814915 . 5558824 . free .