''Guilandina'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

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 belongs to the subfamily

Caesalpinioideae Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name '' Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae a ...

and tribe

Caesalpinieae The tribe Caesalpinieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae: subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Genera Caesalpinieae once included many more genera, but modern molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of p ...

. The genus was named after

Melchior Wieland Melchior Wieland Latinized as Melchior Guilandinus with the Italian form Melchiorre Guilandino (c. 1520 – 25 December 1589) was a Prussian botanist and physician who worked in Padua. Wieland was born in Königsberg and was educated at the Unive ...

(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)

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q10292725 Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus