Piliostigma

Piliostigma
Piliostigma malabaricum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Cercidoideae
Tribe: Bauhinieae
Genus: Piliostigma
Hochst. (1846), nom. cons.
Type species
Piliostigma reticulatum
(DC.) Hochst.
Species[1]

5; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Elayuna Raf. (1838)
  • Locellaria Welw. (1859)
  • Pileostigma Hochst. (1846), orth. var.

Piliostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes five species of small deciduous trees native to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Java, the Philippines, and northern Australia.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae[2] and the tribe Bauhinieae.[3] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[4]

Species

Piliostigma comprises the following species:[1][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Piliostigma Hochst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): A phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region". Botany. 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065.
  4. ^ Sinou, Carole; Cardinal-Mcteague, Warren; Bruneau, Anne (2020). "Testing generic limits in Cercidoideae (Leguminosae): Insights from plastid and duplicated nuclear gene sequences". Taxon. 69: 67–86. doi:10.1002/tax.12207.
  5. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Piliostigma". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  6. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Piliostigma". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 5 May 2014.