Cheniella

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Phanera corymbosa (3181941826).jpg

|image_caption = Cheniella corymbosa

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Cheniella

|authority = R.Clark & Mackinder, 2017{{cite journal|vauthors=Clark RP, Mackinder BA, Banks H | year = 2017 | title = Cheniella gen. nov. (Leguminosae: Cercidoideae) from southern China, Indochina and Malesia | journal = European Journal of Taxonomy | issue = 360 | pages = 1–37 | doi = 10.5852/ejt.2017.360| doi-access = free }}

|type_species = Cheniella corymbosa

|type_species_authority = Roxb.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

• Bauhinia sect. Phanera ser. Corymbosae (de Wit) Wunderlin, K. Larsen & S.S. Larsen 1987
• Bauhinia ser. Corymbosae Zhang & T.C.Chen 1992
• Phanera subg. Phanera subsect. Corymbosae de Wit 1956

|synonyms_ref =

|range_map = Cheniella distribution.svg

|range_map_caption = The range of Cheniella

}}

Cheniella is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }} and tribe Bauhinieae.{{cite journal | title = The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): A phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region | year = 2009 |vauthors=Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A | journal = Botany | volume = 87 | issue = 10 | pages = 947–960 | doi = 10.1139/B09-065 }}{{cite journal | title = Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) | year = 2010 | author = Wunderlin RP | journal = Phytoneuron | volume = 48 | pages = 1–5 | url = http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Cercideae.pdf }} It includes ten species which range from the eastern Himalayas through Indochina and China to Taiwan, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77165904-1 Cheniella R.Clark & Mackinder]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 August 2023. This genus differs 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.