''Lysiphyllum''
is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the
legume family, 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 ...
and
tribe
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Bauhinieae.
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 ...
. 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 J ...
'', but recent
molecular phylogenetic analysis confirms that ''Lysiphyllum'' is a distinct genus from ''Bauhinia''.
Species
''Lysiphyllum'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Lysiphyllum binatum''
(Blanco
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) de Wit
* ''
Lysiphyllum carronii''
(F. Muell.) Pedley—northern beantree, red bauhinia
* ''
Lysiphyllum cunninghamii''
(Benth.) de Wit
* ''
Lysiphyllum dewitii''
(K. Larsen & S. S. Larsen) Bandyop. & Ghoshal
* ''
Lysiphyllum diphyllum''
(Buch.-Ham.) de Wit
* ''
Lysiphyllum dipterum''
(Blume ex Miq.) Bandyop. & Ghoshal
* ''
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
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Cercidoideae
Fabaceae genera