''Piliostigma'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family,
. It belongs to the subfamily
Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae.
It is
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species
''Piliostigma'' comprises the following species:
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Piliostigma foveolatum
''Piliostigma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species
''Piliostigma'' comprises ...
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(Dalzell) Thoth.
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Piliostigma malabaricum
''Piliostigma malabaricum'' is a small (sometimes ornamental) tree species in the family Fabaceae. It was previously placed in the genus ''Bauhinia'', but names changed with reorganisation of the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae.
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(Roxb.) Benth.—purple orchid tree
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Piliostigma reticulatum
''Piliostigma reticulatum'' is a legume in the Cercidoideae subfamily. It occurs throughout western tropical Africa to Ethiopia.
The species has been shown to be useful as an intercrop for crops such as millet in the Sahel.
Description
A pere ...
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(DC.) Hochst.
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Piliostigma thonningii
''Piliostigma thonningii'' is a species of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae.
Common names of this tree include camel's foot tree, monkey bread, monkey biscuit tree, Rhodesian bauhinia and ...
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(Schum.) Milne-Redh.
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Piliostigma tortuosum
''Piliostigma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae and the tribe Bauhinieae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species
''Piliostigma'' comprises ...
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(Collett & Hemsl.) Thoth.
References
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Cercidoideae
Fabaceae genera
Dioecious plants
Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter