Guilandina

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 (Du Puy & R.Rabev.) G.P.Lewis (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 (Hance) G.P.Lewis (eastern Himalayas, Indochina, and southern China)
Guilandina murifructa (Gillis & Proctor) G.P.Lewis (Bahamas)
Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico)
Guilandina robusta (C.T.White) G.P.Lewis (Cook region of Queensland)
Guilandina solomonensis (Hattink) G.P.Lewis (New Georgia in the Solomon Islands)
Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola)
Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica)
Guilandina volkensii (Harms) G.P.Lewis (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica)