Cenostigma

Cenostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to northwestern Argentina and southern Brazil.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae and tribe Caesalpinieae.[2] Cenostigma pluviosa is being investigated as a possible antimalarial medication.[3]

Cenostigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Cenostigma
Tul. (1843)
Type species
Cenostigma macrophyllum
Tul. 1843
Species

15; see text

Species

Cenostigma comprises the following species:[2]

  • Cenostigma bracteosum (Tul. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma eriostachys (Benth. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma gaumeri (Greenm. 1912) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma laxiflorum (Tul. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma macrophyllum Tul. 1843
  • Cenostigma marginatum (Tul. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma microphyllum (Mart. ex G. Don 1832) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma myabense (Britton 1920) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma nordestinum E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma pellucidum (Vogel 1836) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma pinnatum (Griseb. 1866) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma pluviosum (DC. 1825) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016—False brazilwood
    • var. cabralianum (G. P. Lewis 1998) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. intermedium (G. P. Lewis) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis
    • var. maraniona (G. P. Lewis & C. E. Hughes 2010) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. paraense (Ducke 1925) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. peltophoroides (Benth. 1870) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. pluviosum (DC. 1825) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. sanfranciscanum (G. P. Lewis 1998) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma pyramidale (Tul. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. diversifolium (Benth. 1870) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
    • var. pyramidale (Tul. 1844) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
  • Cenostigma tocantinum Ducke 1915

References
  1. Cenostigma Tul. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
  3. Kayano, Ana Carolina; Stefanie CP Lopes; Fernanda G Bueno; Elaine C Cabral; Wanessa C Souza-Neiras; Lucy M Yamauchi; Mary A Foglio; Marcos N Eberlin; João Carlos Mello; Fabio TM Costa (2011). "In vitro and in vivo assessment of the anti-malarial activity of Caesalpinia pluviosa". Malaria Journal. 10 (112): 112. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-112. PMC 3112450. PMID 21535894.
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