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Gigasiphon
Sign in to saveGigasiphon 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". It includes five species native to eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Lesser Sunda Islands.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22484-1 ].
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
General: ’, recognised Bracteolanthus, Lysiphyllum, Gigasiphon, Piliostigma
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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". It includes five species native to eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Lesser Sunda Islands.
==Species== Gigasiphon comprises the following species: Gigasiphon amplum (Span.) de Wit Gigasiphon dolichocalyx (Merr.) de Wit Gigasiphon humblotianum (Baill.) Drake Gigasiphon macrosiphon (Harms) Brenan Gigasiphon schlechteri (Harms) de Wit