Gigasiphon

Gigasiphon
Gigasiphon macrosiphon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Cercidoideae
Tribe: Bauhinieae
Genus: Gigasiphon
Drake
Type species
Gigasiphon humblotianum
(Baill.) Drake
Species

5; see text

Gigasiphon is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus is circumscribed is defined by "a long-tubular hypanthium, an arborescent habit, and a calyx divided into two lobes."[1] It includes five species native to eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Lesser Sunda Islands.[2]

Species

Gigasiphon comprises the following species:[3][4][2]

  1. Gigasiphon amplum (Span.) de Wit
  2. Gigasiphon dolichocalyx (Merr.) de Wit
  3. Gigasiphon humblotianum (Baill.) Drake
  4. Gigasiphon macrosiphon (Harms) Brenan
  5. Gigasiphon schlechteri (Harms) de Wit

Note:: Gigasiphon gossweileri is now in the African monotypic genus Tournaya

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b [1]. "Gigasiphon Drake". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Gigasiphon". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Gigasiphon". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 5 May 2014.