Securidaca

{{Short description|Family of shrubs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Securidaca longipedunculata MS 1933.JPG

|image_caption = S. longipedunculata

|taxon = Securidaca

|authority = L.

|synonyms =

  • Badiera {{small|Hassk.}}
  • Corytholobium {{small|Mart. ex Benth.}}
  • Elsota Adans.
  • Lophostylis {{small|Hochst.}}
  • Rodschiedia {{small|Miq.}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Securidaca L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330544-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=2 April 2025}}

}}

Securidaca is a genus of shrubs and lianas in the family Polygalaceae.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Polygalaceae.htm |title=Neotropical Polygalaceae - Neotropikey from Kew |website=www.kew.org|access-date=2019-02-22}} It is native to tropical Africa, SE Asia and the Americas from Mexico and the West Indies to Paraguay.

Species

59 species are accepted.

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