{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Adenanthera pavonina.jpg |taxon = Adenanthera |authority = L. (1753)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?177 |title=Adenanthera L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1999-03-05 |accessdate=2009-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507004314/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?177 |archive-date=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = * ''Gonsii'' <small>Adans. (1763)</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="powo">[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21576-1 ''Adenanthera'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 8 August 2023.</ref> }}
'''''Adenanthera''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
According to ''Flora of Hong Kong'' (2008), the genus comprises ten species occurring in tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands, but only ''A. microsperma'' present in mainland China and Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adenanthera L. |url=https://www.herbarium.gov.hk/en/hk-plant-database/plant-detail/index.html?pType=genus&oID=3583 |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=HK Herbarium}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adenanthera microsperma Teijsm. & Binn. |url=https://www.herbarium.gov.hk/en/hk-plant-database/plant-detail/index.html?pType=species&oID=3017 |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=HK Herbarium}}</ref>
== Species == As of March 2026, it contains the following 12 species:<ref name="powo"/> * ''Adenanthera abrosperma'' <small>F. Muell.</small> * ''Adenanthera aglaosperma'' <small>Alston</small>, syn. ''Adenanthera bicolor'' (Sri Lanka) * ''Adenanthera borneensis'' <small>Brace ex Prain</small> * ''Adenanthera forbesii'' <small>Gagnep.</small> * ''Adenanthera intermedia'' <small>Merr.</small> (Philippines) * ''Adenanthera kostermansii'' <small>I.C. Nielsen</small> * ''Adenanthera malayana'' <small>Kosterm.</small> * ''Adenanthera mantaroa'' <small>Villiers</small> * ''Adenanthera marina'' <small>I.C. Nielsen</small> * ''Adenanthera microsperma'' <small>Teijsm. & Binn.</small> * ''Adenanthera novoguineensis'' <small>Baker f.</small> * ''Adenanthera pavonina'' <small>L.</small> - Coralwood (India)
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Category:Adenanthera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Mimosoideae-stub}}