Guilandina Explained

Guilandina is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Caesalpinieae.

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

Species

The genus Guilandina comprises the following species:

• Guilandina barkeriana (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Cuba and 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 delphinensis (southeastern Madagascar)
• Guilandina glaucophylla (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Swan Islands)
• Guilandina intermedia (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba and Jamaica)
• Guilandina major (DC.) Small – yellow nicker (pantropical)
• Guilandina minax (eastern Himalayas, Indochina, and southern China)
• Guilandina murifructa (Bahamas)
• Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico)
• Guilandina robusta (Cook region of Queensland)
• Guilandina solomonensis (New Georgia in the Solomon Islands)
• Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola)
• Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica)
• Guilandina volkensii (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
• Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica)