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)