Jump to content

Denisophytum

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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]

Species

[edit]

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

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c 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. hdl:10568/90658.
  3. ^ 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.