{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Biancaea sappan flower buds.jpg | image_caption = ''Biancaea sappan'' | taxon = Biancaea | authority = Tod. | type_species = ''Biancaea decapetala'' | type_species_authority = (Roth) Deg. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 7; see text | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo/> | synonyms = * ''Caesalpinia'' sect. ''Sappania'' <small>DC. 1825</small> }}
'''''Biancaea''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes seven species, which range from Yemen to south Asia, Indochina, Malesia, China, Korea, and Japan.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21809-1 ''Biancaea Tod'']. ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 13 August 2023.</ref> It belongs to 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> and the tribe Caesalpinieae.<ref name="Gagnon">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP | year = 2016 | title = A new generic system for the pantropical ''Caesalpinia'' group (Leguminosae) | journal = PhytoKeys | issue = 71 | pages = 1–160 | doi = 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 | pmid = 28814915 | pmc = 5558824 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
==Species== ''Biancaea'' comprises the following species:<ref name="Gagnon"/> * ''Biancaea decapetala'' <small>(Roth 1821) O. Deg. 1936</small> – Mysore thorn (India) <!-- Biancaea ferox was reclassified as Biancaea decapetala. --> * ''Biancaea godefroyana'' <small>(Kuntze 1891) Molinari, Mayta & Sánchez Och. 2016</small> * ''Biancaea millettii'' <small>(Hook. & Arn. 1841 [1833]) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016</small> * ''Biancaea oppositifolia'' <small>(Hattink 1974) Molinari & Mayta 2016</small> * ''Biancaea parviflora'' <small>(Prain ex King 1974) Mayta & Molinari 2016</small> * ''Biancaea sappan'' <small>(L. 1753) Tod. 1875</small>—Sappanwood (Southeast Asia, Malay Archipelago) * ''Biancaea scabrida'' {{small|L.M.Choo}} <!-- Biancaea scandens was reclassified as Biancaea decapetala. -->
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== External links == * {{Commonscat inline|Biancaea}}
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Category:Caesalpinieae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Taxa described in 1858 Category:Fabales of Asia