Cheniella

Cheniella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae^[2] and tribe Bauhinieae.^[3][4] It includes ten species which range from the eastern Himalayas through Indochina and China to Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java.^[5] This genus differs from Phanera in having a hypanthium that is equal in length or longer than the sepals, indehiscent fruit, many-seeded fruit, and the funicle extending most of the circumference of the seed.^[1]

Cheniella
Cheniella corymbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Cercidoideae
Tribe:	Bauhinieae
Genus:	Cheniella R.Clark & Mackinder, 2017[1]
Type species
Cheniella corymbosa Roxb.
Species
See text
The range of Cheniella
Synonyms[1]
Bauhinia sect. Phanera ser. Corymbosae (de Wit) Wunderlin, K. Larsen & S.S. Larsen 1987 Bauhinia ser. Corymbosae Zhang & T.C.Chen 1992 Phanera subg. Phanera subsect. Corymbosae de Wit 1956

Species

Cheniella comprises the following species:^[1]

1. Cheniella clemensiorum (Merr.) R.Clark & Mackinder
2. Cheniella corymbosa (Roxb.) R.Clark & Mackinder
3. Cheniella damiaoshanensis (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder
4. Cheniella didyma (H.Y.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder
5. Cheniella glauca (Wall. ex Benth.) R.Clark & Mackinder
6. Cheniella lakhonensis (Gagnep.) R.Clark & Mackinder
7. Cheniella ovatifolia (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder
8. Cheniella quinnanensis (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder
   1. subsp. gandhiana (Gogoi & Bandyop.) R.Clark & Mackinder
   2. subsp. quinnanensis (T.C.Chen) R.Clark & Mackinder
   3. subsp. villosa R.Clark & Mackinder
9. Cheniella tenuiflora (Watt ex C.B.Clarke) R.Clark & Mackinder
10. Cheniella touranensis (Gagnep.) R.Clark & Mackinder