''Cheniella'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

legume A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock fo ...

family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily

Cercidoideae Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include ''Cercis'' (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, ''Bauhinia'', widely cultivated as an ornamental tr ...

. This genus differs from ''

Phanera ''Phanera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. This genus differs from ''Bauhinia'' in being vines or lianas, generally with tendrils and a lobed rather than spathaceous calyx ...

'' in having a

hypanthium In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube. It ...

that is equal in length or longer than the

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined ...

indehiscent Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part; structures that o ...

fruit, many-seeded fruit, and the funicle extending most of the circumference of the seed.

Species

''Cheniella'' comprises the following species: * ''

Cheniella clemensiorum ''Cheniella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. This genus differs from ''Phanera'' in having a hypanthium that is equal in length or longer than the sepals, indehiscent frui ...

'' (Merr.) R.Clark & Mackinder * ''

Cheniella corymbosa ''Cheniella'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. This genus differs from ''Phanera'' in having a hypanthium that is equal in length or longer than the sepals, indehiscent D ...

'' (Roxb.) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella damiaoshanensis'' (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella didyma'' (H.Y.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella glauca'' (Wall. ex Benth.) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella lakhonensis'' (Gagnep.) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella ovatifolia'' (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella quinnanensis'' (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder ** subsp. ''gandhiana'' (Gogoi & Bandyop.) R.Clark & Mackinder ** subsp. ''quinnanensis'' (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder ** subsp. ''villosa'' R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella tenuiflora'' (Watt ex C.B.Clarke) R.Clark & Mackinder * '' Cheniella touranensis'' (Gagnep.) R.Clark & Mackinder

References

Cercidoideae Fabaceae genera {{Fabaceae-stub