Gigasiphon

Gigasiphon is a genus of legume 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."[2]

Gigasiphon
Gigasiphon macrosiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Order:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Bauhinieae[2]
Genus:
Gigasiphon

Drake
Type species
Gigasiphon humblotianum
(Baill.) Drake
Species

3; see text.

Synonyms[3]
  • Tournaya A. Schmitz

Species

Gigasiphon comprises the following species:[4][5][6]

  • Gigasiphon gossweileri (Baker f.) Torre & Hillc.
  • Gigasiphon humblotianum (Baill.) Drake
  • Gigasiphon macrosiphon (Harms) Brenan

References

  1. 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.
  2. Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid trnLtrnF region". Botany. 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065.
  3. Wunderlin RP (2010). "Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 48: 1–5.
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Gigasiphon". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  5. 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.
  6. "The Plant List entry for Gigasiphon". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.


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