Cheniella
genus of plants
Cheniella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. The distribution of species ranges from the eastern Himalayas through Indochina and China to Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java.
Description
This genus includes species that are often climbers and lianas; their flowers differ from Phanera in having a hypanthium that is equal in length or longer than the sepals, indehiscent fruit, many-seeded fruit, and the funicle extending most of the circumference of the seed.
Species
As of September 2026, Plants of the World Online includes the following accepted species:
Cheniella clemensiorum (Merr.) R.Clark & Mackinder
Cheniella corymbosa (Roxb.
“Cheniella” enters the record as genus of plants. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cheniella, genus and plants can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q42398969. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2026.
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