{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Speciesbox |image = Pterogyne nitens.jpg |status = LR/nt |status_system = IUCN2.3 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Prado, D. |date=1998 |title=''Pterogyne nitens'' |volume=1998 |article-number=e.T32977A9739802 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32977A9739802.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> |display_parents = 2 |genus = Pterogyne |parent_authority = Tul. |species = nitens |authority = Tul. }}
'''''Pterogyne''''' is a monotypic genus in the legume family, Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae.<ref name="6subfamilies">{{cite journal | author = The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). | year = 2017 | title = A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny | journal = Taxon | volume = 66 | issue = 1 | pages = 44–77 | doi = 10.12705/661.3| doi-access = free | hdl = 10568/90658 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> The sole species is '''''Pterogyne nitens'''''. Spanish common names include '''guiraró''', '''palo coca''', or '''tipa colorado'''.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> In Portuguese, it is commonly known as '''amendoim bravo''', '''cocal''' or '''madeira nova'''. It is found in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" /> It is threatened by habitat loss and harvesting for timber.<ref name="iucn status 15 November 2021" />
Five guanidine alkaloid natural products were isolated from the leaves of ''Pterogyne nitens'': nitensidine D, nitensidine E, pterogynine, pterogynidine, and galegine.<ref name="Regasini Castro-Gamboa Silva Furlan pp. 473–476">{{cite journal | last1=Regasini | first1=Luis Octávio | last2=Castro-Gamboa | first2=Ian | last3=Silva | first3=Dulce Helena Siqueira | last4=Furlan | first4=Maysa | last5=Barreiro | first5=Eliezer Jesus | last6=Ferreira | first6=Paulo Michel Pinheiro | last7=Pessoa | first7=Cláudia | last8=Lotufo | first8=Letícia Veras Costa | last9=de Moraes | first9=Manoel Odorico | last10=Young | first10=Maria Claudia Marx | last11=Bolzani | first11=Vanderlan da Silva | title=Cytotoxic Guanidine Alkaloids fromPterogyne nitens△ | journal=Journal of Natural Products | publisher=American Chemical Society (ACS) | volume=72 | issue=3 | date=2009-03-27 | issn=0163-3864 | doi=10.1021/np800612x | pages=473–476| pmid=19159272 }}</ref>
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