Guilandina is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Caesalpinieae.

The genus was named after Melchior Wieland (1515–1589), a Prussian naturalist who "Italianized" his name as "Guilandini" upon moving to Italy.

Species

The genus Guilandina comprises the following species:
 Guilandina barkeriana (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Cuba and Haiti)
 Guilandina bonduc L. 1753 – grey nicker, knicker nut (pantropical)
 Guilandina caymanensis (Millsp.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands)
 Guilandina ciliata Bergius ex Wikstrom – broadpad nicker (Caribbean)
 Guilandina culebrae Britton & Wilson ex Britton & Rose – smooth yellow nicker (Puerto Rico)
 Guilandina delphinensis  (southeastern Madagascar)
 Guilandina glaucophylla (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba, Swan Islands)
 Guilandina intermedia (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cuba and Jamaica)
 Guilandina major (DC.) Small – yellow nicker (pantropical)
 Guilandina minax  (eastern Himalayas, Indochina, and southern China)
 Guilandina murifructa  (Bahamas)
 Guilandina portoricensis Britton & Wilson – brown nicker (Puerto Rico)
 Guilandina robusta  (Cook region of Queensland)
 Guilandina solomonensis  (New Georgia in the Solomon Islands)
 Guilandina sphaerosperma (Urb. & Ekman) Britton (Hispaniola)
 Guilandina urophylla (Donn. Sm.) Britton & Rose (Costa Rica)
 Guilandina volkensii  (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania)
 Guilandina wrightiana (Urb.) Britton & Rose (Cayman Islands, Cuba, and Jamaica)

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Caesalpinieae
Fabaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus