Schnella

Schnella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. All of its species are neotropical lianas.

Species

Schnella comprises the following species:

Section Schnella <small>Raddi</small>

• Schnella lilacina <small>(Wunderlin & Eilers) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella maximiliani <small>(Benth.) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella macrostachya <small>Raddi</small>
• Schnella poiteauana <small>(Vogel) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella trichosepala <small>(L.P. Queiroz) Wunderlin</small>

Section Caulotretus <small>(DC.) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella alata <small>(Ducke) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella altiscandens <small>(Ducke) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella anamesa <small>(J.F. Macbr.) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella angulosa <small>(Vogel) Wunderlin</small>
• var. angulosa <small>(Vogel) Wunderlin</small>
• var. bahiana <small>(Vaz) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• var. meridionalis <small>(Hoehne) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>

• Schnella carvalhoi <small>(Vaz) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella confertiflora <small>(Benth.) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella cupreonitens <small>(Ducke) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella erythrantha <small>(Ducke) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella excisa <small>Griseb.</small>
• Schnella glabra <small>(Jacq.) Dugand</small>—Monkey Ladder Vine
• Schnella grazielae <small>(Vaz) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella guianensis <small>(Aubl.) Wunderlin</small>—Granny backbone
• var. guianensis <small>(Aubl.) Wunderlin</small>
• var. splendens <small>(Kunth) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella klugii <small>(Standl.) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella kunthiana <small>(Vogel) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella longiseta <small>(Fróes) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella obovata <small>(S.F.Blake) Britton & Rose</small>
• Schnella outimouta <small>(Aubl.) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella platycalyx <small>(Benth.) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella porphyrotricha <small>(Harms) Wunderlin</small>
• var. killipiana <small>(J.F. Macbride) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• var. porphyrotricha <small>(Harms) Wunderlin</small>
• var. smithiana <small>(Standley) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella pterocalyx <small>(Ducke) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella reflexa <small>(Schery) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella riedeliana <small>(Bong.) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella siqueirae <small>(Ducke) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella splendens <small>(Kunth) Bentham</small>
• Schnella sprucei <small>(Benth.) Wunderlin</small>

• Schnella surinamensis <small>(Amshoff) Wunderlin</small>
• Schnella uleana <small>(Harms) Wunderlin</small>

Incertae sedis

• Schnella accrescens <small>(Killip & J.F. Macbr.) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella bahiachalensis <small>Zamora</small>

• Schnella coronata <small>(Bentham) Pittier</small>
• Schnella flexuosa <small>(Moricand) Walpers</small>
• Schnella guentheri <small>(Harms) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella herrerae <small>Britton & Rose</small>
• Schnella hirsutissima <small>(Wunderlin) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella hymenaeifolia <small>(Triana ex Hemsley) Britton & Rose</small>
• var. hymenaeifolia <small>(Triana ex Hemsley) Britton & Rose</small>
• var. stuebeliana <small>(Harms) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella microstachya <small>Raddi</small>
• var. massambabensis <small>(Vaz) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• var. microstachya <small>Raddi</small>
• Schnella radiata <small>(Vellozo) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella rutilans <small>(Spruce ex Bentham) Pittier</small>
• Schnella scala-simiae <small>(Sandwith) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>
• Schnella smilacina <small>(Schott ex Sprengel) G. Don</small>
• Schnella stenoloba <small>Britton & Killip</small>

• Schnella vestita <small>(Benth) J.F. Macbride</small>
• Schnella vulpina <small>(Rusby) Trethowan & R. Clark</small>

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:

• Schnella emarginata <small>Klotzsch</small>
• Schnella macrophylla <small>Griseb.</small>
• Schnella mutisii <small>Britton & Killip</small>
• Schnella nigra <small>Britton & Killip</small>
• Schnella nitida <small>Britton & Killip</small>
• Schnella trinitensis <small>Britton ex R.O.Williams</small>
• Schnella umbriana <small>Britton & Killip</small>
• Schnella versicolor <small>Britton & Killip</small>

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