{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Gigasiphon macrosiphon 0zz.jpg |image_caption = ''Gigasiphon macrosiphon'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Gigasiphon |authority = Drake |type_species = ''Gigasiphon humblotianum'' |type_species_authority = (Baill.) Drake |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 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".<ref name="Sinou">{{cite journal | title = The genus ''Bauhinia'' s.l. (Leguminosae): a phylogeny based on the plastid ''trnL''–''trnF'' region | year = 2009 |vauthors=Sinou C, Forest F, Lewis GP, Bruneau A | journal = Botany | volume = 87 | issue = 10 | pages = 947–960 | doi = 10.1139/B09-065 }}</ref> It includes five species native to eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Philippines, New Guinea, and Lesser Sunda Islands.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22484-1 ].
{{cite web | url =https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22484-1 | title = ''Gigasiphon'' Drake | date = 2023 | website = Plants of the World Online | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew| accessdate = 31 August 2023 }}</ref>
==Species== ''Gigasiphon'' comprises the following species:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Gigasiphon&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Gigasiphon'' | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | accessdate = 8 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?14647 | title = GRIN species records of ''Gigasiphon'' | author = USDA | author-link = USDA | author2 = ARS | author2-link = Agricultural Research Service | author3 = National Genetic Resources Program | date = | website = Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] | publisher = National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland | accessdate = 5 May 2014 }}</ref><ref name= powo/> <!-- Gigasiphon amplus is a misspelling of Gigasiphon amplum --> * ''Gigasiphon amplum'' <small>(Span.) de Wit</small> * ''Gigasiphon dolichocalyx'' <small>(Merr.) de Wit</small> * ''Gigasiphon humblotianum'' <small>(Baill.) Drake</small> * ''Gigasiphon macrosiphon'' <small>(Harms) Brenan</small> * ''Gigasiphon schlechteri'' <small>(Harms) de Wit</small>
'''Note:''' ''Gigasiphon gossweileri'' is now in the African monotypic genus ''Tournaya''
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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Category:Cercidoideae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Fabales of Asia