Afrocalliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.[3] It includes two species, both native to sub-Saharan Africa:[2]
- Afrocalliandra gilbertii (Thulin & Hunde) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz – central Somalia to northeastern and eastern-central Kenya.
- Afrocalliandra redacta (J.H.Ross) E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz – northwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Afrocalliandra E.R. Souza & L.P. Queiroz (2013)[1] |
| Species[2] | |
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References edit
- ^ de Souza ER, Lewis GP, Forest F, Schnadelbach AS, van den Berg C, de Queiroz LP (2013). "Phylogeny of Calliandra (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) based on nuclear and plastid molecular markers". Taxon. 62 (6): 1200–1219. doi:10.12705/626.2.
- ^ a b Afrocalliandra E.R.Souza & L.P.Queiroz. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
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