Paraserianthes


Paraserianthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Taxonomy

Paraserianthes includes only one species:
The genus Paraserianthes originally comprised four species, divided into two sections based on morphological traits by Nielsen. Section Paraserianthes included P. lophantha with two recognized subspecies, and section Falcataria included three species.
Based on morphology P. falcataria I.C.Nielsen was moved to the genus Falcataria by Barneby and Grimes, and renamed Falcataria moluccana Barneby & J.W.Grimes. Brown et al. used biogeographical, morphological and molecular studies to completely separate of these sections into two genera as Paraserianthes sensu Nielsen was paraphyletic. Now P. pullenii I.C. Nielsen = Falcataria pullenii G.K. Brown, D.J. Murphy & P.Y. Ladiges; and P. toona I.C. Nielsen = Falcataria toona, G.K. Brown, D.J. Murphy & P.Y. Ladiges. Paraserianthes section remained in the genus with only Paraserianthes lophantha.