Biancaea

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
Scientific classification
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

Biancaea comprises the following species:^[3]

• Biancaea decapetala (Roth 1821) O. Deg. 1936 – Mysore thorn (India)
• Biancaea godefroyana (Kuntze 1891) Molinari, Mayta & Sánchez Och. 2016
• Biancaea millettii (Hook. & Arn. 1841 [1833]) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
• Biancaea oppositifolia (Hattink 1974) Molinari & Mayta 2016
• Biancaea parviflora (Prain ex King 1974) Mayta & Molinari 2016
• Biancaea sappan (L. 1753) Tod. 1875—Sappanwood (Southeast Asia, Malay Archipelago)
• Biancaea scabrida L.M.Choo