Piliostigma

Piliostigma
	Piliostigma malabaricum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Tribe:	Bauhinieae
Genus:	Piliostigma; Hochst.
Type species
	Piliostigma reticulatum; (DC.) Hochst.
Species
	6; see text.
Synonyms
	Elayuna Raf.; Locellaria Welw.;

Piliostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae^[2] and the tribe Bauhinieae.^[3]

Species

Piliostigma comprises the following species:^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ Wunderlin RP (2010). "Reorganization of the Cercideae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae)" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 48: 1–5.
^ 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.
^ Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A (2009). "The genus Bauhinia s.l. (Leguminosae): A phylogeny based on the plastid trnL–trnF region". Botany. 87 (10): 947–960. doi:10.1139/B09-065.
^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Piliostigma". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Piliostigma". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "The Plant List entry for Piliostigma". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2014.