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]
| Piliostigma | |
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| Piliostigma malabaricum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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| Species[1] | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editPiliostigma comprises the following species:[1][5][6]
- Piliostigma foveolatum (Dalzell) Thoth.
- Piliostigma malabaricum (Roxb.) Benth.—purple orchid tree
- Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
- Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.) Milne-Redh.
- Piliostigma tortuosum (Collett & Hemsl.) Thoth.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Piliostigma Hochst. Plants of the World Online. 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Media related to Piliostigma at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Piliostigma at Wikispecies
