''Cenostigma'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. It belongs to the subfamily

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. ''Cenostigma pluviosa'' is being investigated as a possible

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Species

''Cenostigma'' comprises the following species: * '' 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

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Caesalpinieae Fabaceae genera Taxa named by Edmond Tulasne {{Caesalpinioideae-stub