en Peltophorum

Peltophorum
	Peltophorum pterocarpum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Genus:	Peltophorum; (Vogel) Benth.
Type species
	Peltophorum vogelianum; Benth. [nom. illegit.]
Synonyms
	Baryxylum Lour.

Peltophorum is a genus of 5–15 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.^[2] The genus is native to certain tropical regions across the world, including northern South America, central and southern Africa, Indochina, southeastern China, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia.^[1] The species are medium-sized to large trees growing up to 15–25 m tall, rarely 50 m.^[3]^[4]

Etymology

Peltophorum literally means "shield-bearing": from Greek pelt(ē) (πέλτη, "peltē shield"), with the interfix -o-, -phor(os) ("bearing") and Neo-Latin suffix -um.

It is a reference to the peltate (shield-like) form of the plant's stigma.^[5]

Species

As of September 2023^[update], the following species were accepted by Plants of the World Online:^[1]

Peltophorum africanum Sond.
Peltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurz
Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.
Peltophorum grande Prain
Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K.Heyne
Peltophorum racemosum Merr.
Peltophorum venezuelense L.Cardenas, Rodr.-Rodr. & Varela

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.
^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Peltophorum Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
^ Blatter, Ethelbert; Millard, Walter Samuel (1977) [1937]. Some beautiful Indian Trees (2 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay natural History Society. pp. 109–111. The generic name Peltophorum means "shield-bearing" (from the ancient Greek word πέλτη [pĕltē] "a small light shield") and refers to the peltate stigma.