Gigasiphon | |
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Gigasiphon macrosiphon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Tribe: | Bauhinieae |
Genus: | Gigasiphon Drake |
Type species | |
Gigasiphon humblotianum (Baill.) Drake
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Species | |
5; see text |
Gigasiphon is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus is circumscribed is defined by "a long-tubular hypanthium, an arborescent habit, and a calyx divided into two lobes."[1] It includes five species native to eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Lesser Sunda Islands.[2]
Gigasiphon comprises the following species:[3][4][2]
Note:: Gigasiphon gossweileri is now in the African monotypic genus Tournaya