Biancaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species, which range from Yemen to south Asia, Indochina, Malesia, China, Korea, and Japan.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae[2] and the tribe Caesalpinieae.[3]

Biancaea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Biancaea
Tod. 1858
Type species
Biancaea decapetala
(Roth) Deg.
Species[1]

7; see text

Synonyms
  • Caesalpinia sect. Sappania DC. 1825

Species

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Biancaea comprises the following species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Biancaea Tod. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ a b Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
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