''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 family,
Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily
Cercidoideae
Cercidoideae is a subfamily in the pea family, Fabaceae. Well-known members include ''Cercis'' (redbuds), including species widely cultivated as ornamental trees in the United States and Europe, ''Bauhinia'', widely cultivated as an ornamental tr ...
and the tribe Bauhinieae.
It is
dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Species
''Piliostigma'' comprises the following species:
* ''
Piliostigma foveolatum''
(Dalzell) Thoth.
* ''
Piliostigma malabaricum''
(Roxb.) Benth.—purple orchid tree
* ''
Piliostigma reticulatum''
(DC.) Hochst.
* ''
Piliostigma thonningii''
(Schum.) Milne-Redh.
* ''
Piliostigma tortuosum''
(Collett & Hemsl.) Thoth.
References
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Cercidoideae
Fabaceae genera
Dioecious plants
Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter