Cenostigma

Cenostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Cenostigma pluviosa is being investigated as a possible antimalarial medication.[3]

Cenostigma
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Cenostigma

(Tul. 1843) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
Type species
Cenostigma macrophyllum
Tul. 1843
Species

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Species

Cenostigma comprises the following species:[2]

  • 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

References

  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  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 (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.
  3. Kayano, Ana Carolina; Stefanie CP Lopes; Fernanda G Bueno; Elaine C Cabral; Wanessa C Souza-Neiras; Lucy M Yamauchi; Mary A Foglio; Marcos N Eberlin; João Carlos Mello; Fabio TM Costa (2011). "In vitro and in vivo assessment of the anti-malarial activity of Caesalpinia pluviosa". Malaria Journal. 10 (112): 112. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-112. PMC 3112450. PMID 21535894.


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