Afrocalliandra Explained

Afrocalliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[1] It includes two species, both native to sub-Saharan Africa:

• Afrocalliandra gilbertii – central Somalia to northeastern and eastern-central Kenya.
• Afrocalliandra redacta – northwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa

Notes and References

1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .