Gagnebina Explained

Gagnebina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[1] It includes five species native to the islands of the Western Indian Ocean – Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius.^[2]

• Gagnebina bakoliae – Madagascar
• Gagnebina calcicola – western Madagascar
• Gagnebina commersoniana – Madagascar
• Gagnebina microcephala – northeastern Madagascar and Aldabra
• Gagnebina pterocarpa – Comoros, northern and northwestern Madagascar, and Mauritius

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30308295-2 Gagnebina Neck. ex DC.