''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
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
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''
(Dalzell) Thoth.
* ''
Piliostigma malabaricum''
(Roxb.) Benth.—purple orchid tree
* ''
Piliostigma reticulatum''
(DC.) Hochst.
* ''
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.
* ''
Piliostigma tortuosum''
(Collett & Hemsl.) Thoth.
References
External links
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Cercidoideae
Fabaceae genera
Dioecious plants
Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter