Afrocalliandra

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Afrocalliandra redacta (cropped).jpeg |image_caption = ''Afrocalliandra redacta'' |taxon = Afrocalliandra |authority = E.R. Souza & L.P. Queiroz (2013)<ref name="de Souza1">{{cite journal | vauthors = de Souza ER, Lewis GP, Forest F, Schnadelbach AS, van den Berg C, de Queiroz LP | year = 2013 | title = Phylogeny of ''Calliandra'' (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) based on nuclear and plastid molecular markers | journal = Taxon | volume = 62 | issue = 6 | pages = 1200–1219 | doi = 10.12705/626.2}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = * ''Afrocalliandra gilbertii'' {{small|(Thulin & Hunde) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz}} * ''Afrocalliandra redacta'' {{small|(J.H.Ross) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz}} |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77136037-1 ''Afrocalliandra'' E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 8 August 2023.</ref> }}

'''''Afrocalliandra''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.<ref name="6subfamilies">{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> It includes two species, both native to sub-Saharan Africa:<ref name = powo/> * ''Afrocalliandra gilbertii'' {{small|(Thulin & Hunde) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz}} – central Somalia to northeastern and eastern-central Kenya. * ''Afrocalliandra redacta'' {{small|(J.H.Ross) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz}} – northwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa

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Category:Mimosoideae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm