Cenostigma

Cenostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Cenostigma; (Tul. 1843) E. Gagnon & G. P. Lewis 2016
Type species
	Cenostigma macrophyllum; Tul. 1843
Species
	See text

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]

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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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