Denisophytum

Denisophytum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Caesalpinioideae[2] and tribe Caesalpinieae.[3] It includes eight species, which have a disjunct distribution – northern Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean, southern South America, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar.[1]

Denisophytum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Denisophytum
R.Vig. (1948)
Type species
Denisophytum madagascariense
R. Vig. (1948)
Species[1]

8; see text

Species

Denisophytum comprises the following species:[3][1]

  • Denisophytum bessac (Chiov. 1929) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
  • Denisophytum buchii (Urb. 1913) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
  • Denisophytum eriantherum (Chiov. 1929) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
    • var. eriantherum (Chiov. 1929) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
    • var. pubescens (Brenan) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
  • Denisophytum madagascariense R.Vig 1949
  • Denisophytum pauciflorum (Griseb. 1866) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016—Fewflower holdback
  • Denisophytum rosei (Urb. 1918) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
  • Denisophytum sessilifolium (S.Watson 1886) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
  • Denisophytum stuckertii (Hassl. 1913) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016

References

  1. Denisophytum R.Vig. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 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.
  3. 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.


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