''Lysiphyllum''
is a genus of
flowering plants in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family, subfamily
Cercidoideae and
tribe Bauhinieae.
It belongs to the subfamily
Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''
Bauhinia'', but recent
molecular phylogenetic analysis confirms that ''Lysiphyllum'' is a distinct genus from ''Bauhinia''.
Species
''Lysiphyllum'' comprises the following species:
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Lysiphyllum binatum
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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( Blanco) de Wit
* ''
Lysiphyllum carronii
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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(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 Fabaceae. It is native to northern Australia where it occurs from Western Australia through the Northern Territory to Qu ...
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(Benth.) de Wit
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Lysiphyllum dewitii
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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(K. Larsen & S. S. Larsen) Bandyop. & Ghoshal
* ''
Lysiphyllum diphyllum
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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(Buch.-Ham.) de Wit
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Lysiphyllum dipterum
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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(Blume ex Miq.) Bandyop. & Ghoshal
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Lysiphyllum gilvum
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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(Bailey) Pedley
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Lysiphyllum hookeri
''Lysiphyllum hookeri'' is a species of small tree endemic to Queensland, Australia, of the legume plant family Fabaceae. These trees are known by a variety of common names, including pegunny, alibangbang, Hooker's bauhinia, white bauhinia, moun ...
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(F. Muell.) Pedley—white bauhinia, pegunny, mountain ebony, Queensland ebony, Hooker's bauhinia
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Lysiphyllum strychnifolium
''Lysiphyllum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. It was formerly treated as part of the genus ''Bauhinia'', but recent molecular phylogen ...
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(W. G. Craib) A. Schmitz
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Lysiphyllum winitii''
(Craib) de Wit
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3012200
Cercidoideae
Fabaceae genera