Cenostigma
Appearance
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Scientific 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
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Species | |
15; see text |
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]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Cenostigma.
- ^ Cenostigma Tul. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.