Denisophytum Explained

Denisophytum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to subfamily Caesalpinioideae^[1] and tribe Caesalpinieae.^[2] 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.

Species

Denisophytum comprises the following species:^[2]

• Denisophytum bessac (Chiov. 1929) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
• Denisophytum buchii (Urb. 1913) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
• Denisophytum eriantherum (Chiov. 1929) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
  • var. eriantherum (Chiov. 1929) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
  • var. pubescens (Brenan) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis
• Denisophytum madagascariense R.Vig 1949
• Denisophytum pauciflorum (Griseb. 1866) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016—Fewflower holdback
• Denisophytum rosei (Urb. 1918) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
• Denisophytum sessilifolium (S.Watson 1886) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016
• Denisophytum stuckertii (Hassl. 1913) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis 2016

Notes and References

1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG) . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .
2. 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 . 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 . 28814915 . 5558824 . free .