''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of

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s in the

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes nine species of trees, semi-scandent shrubs, and lianas which range from India through

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. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical forest and woodland, vine thickets, Brigalow and Gidgee scrubland, floodplains, alluvial flats, tidal forest, mangroves, river and stream banks, and occasionally dunes and coral islets. They can grow on diverse soils including calcareous, granitic, and basaltic. The genus belongs to 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 t ...

and

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Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily

. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''

Bauhinia ''Bauhinia'' () is a large genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae, in the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and ...

'', but recent molecular phylogenetic analysis confirms that ''Lysiphyllum'' is a distinct genus from ''Bauhinia''.

Species

''Lysiphyllum'' comprises the following species: * '' Lysiphyllum binatum'' (

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) de Wit * '' Lysiphyllum carronii'' (F. Muell.) Pedley—northern beantree, red bauhinia * ''

Lysiphyllum cunninghamii ''Lysiphyllum cunninghamii'' (commonly known as the Kimberley bauhinia or the jigal tree) is a species of plant in the family (biology), family Fabaceae. It is native to northern Australia where it occurs from Western Australia through the Northe ...

'' (Benth.) de Wit * '' Lysiphyllum dewitii'' (K. Larsen & S. S. Larsen) Bandyop. & Ghoshal * '' Lysiphyllum diphyllum'' (Buch.-Ham.) de Wit * '' Lysiphyllum gilvum'' (Bailey) Pedley * '' Lysiphyllum hookeri'' (F. Muell.) Pedley—white bauhinia, pegunny, mountain ebony, Queensland ebony, Hooker's bauhinia * '' Lysiphyllum strychnifolium'' (W. G. Craib) A. Schmitz * '' Lysiphyllum winitii'' (Craib) de Wit

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3012200 Cercidoideae Fabaceae genera