Li SJ, Zhang DX, Chen ZY. NOVON. 2006, 16 (1): 78-80

ABSTRACT: A new species of Caesalpinia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from China is described and illustrated as Caesalpinia yunnanensis S. J. Li, D. X. Zhang & Z. Y. Chen. The new taxon is known only from the type locality in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, and resembles C. crista L., a species widely distributed in pantropical regions.