Cynometra

Cynometra
	Leaves of Cynometra cauliflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Detarioideae
Tribe:	Amherstieae
Genus:	Cynometra; L. (1753)
Species
	113; see text
Synonyms
	Iripa Adans. (1763); Maniltoa Scheff. (1876); Metrocynia Thouars (1806); Pseudocynometra Kuntze (1903), nom. superfl.; Schizosiphon K.Schum. (1889);

Cynometra (from Greek calque of puki anjing, local Malay name for C. cauliflora according to Rumphius^[2]) is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution.^[1]

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Species of Cynometra are particularly important as forest components in West Africa and the Neotropics. Cynometra alexandri (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and east Africa.

The genus is a member of the subfamily Detarioideae. It has been suggested that Cynometra is polyphyletic and is in need of revision.^[3] In 2019, beside description of 4 new species (i.e. Cynometra cerebriformis, C. dwyeri, C. steyermarkii and C. tumbesiana), Aleksandar Radosavljevic [species] suggested that the species formerly recognized as Maniltoa should be included in this genus and some of the mainland tropical African species (those with asterisk in the list below) excluded from this genus because of their jointed pedicels and dehiscent fruits (he has not yet published any new combination for them, though).^[4]

Species

113 species are currently accepted.^[1] The list below is based on Plants of the World Online^[1] and Radosavljevic (2019).

Cynometra abrahamii Du Puy & R.Rabev.
Cynometra alexandri C.H.Wright
Cynometra americana Vogel
Cynometra ananta Hutch. & Dalziel
Cynometra ankaranensis Du Puy & R.Rabev.
Cynometra aurita R.Vig.
Cynometra basifoliola [species] (Verdc.) Rados.
Cynometra bauhiniifolia Benth.
Cynometra beddomei Prain
Cynometra bourdillonii Gamble
Cynometra brachymischa Harms
Cynometra brachyrrhachis Harms
Cynometra brassii [species] (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Rados.
Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados.
Cynometra capuronii Du Puy & R.Rabev.
Cynometra cauliflora L.
Cynometra cebuensis F.Seid.
Cynometra cerebriformis [species] Rados.
Cynometra commersoniana Baill.
Cynometra congensis De Wild.
Cynometra copelandii (Elmer) Merr.
Cynometra craibii Gagnep.
Cynometra crassifolia Benth.
Cynometra cubensis A.Rich.
Cynometra cuneata Tul.
Cynometra cynometroides [species] (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Rados.
Cynometra dauphinensis Du Puy & R.Rabev.
Cynometra dongnaiensis [species] Pierre
Cynometra duckei [species] Dwyer
Cynometra dwyeri [species] Rados.
Cynometra elmeri [species] Merr.
Cynometra engleri Harms
Cynometra falcata A.Gray
Cynometra filifera Harms
Cynometra fissicuspis (Pittier) Pittier
Cynometra floretii Labat & O.Pascal
Cynometra fortuna-tironis [species] (Verdc.) Rados.
Cynometra gillmanii* J.Léonard
Cynometra glomerulata Gagnep.
Cynometra grandiflora A.Gray (syn. Maniltoa grandiflora (A.Gray) Scheff.)
Cynometra greenwayi [species] Brenan
Cynometra hankei [species] Harms
Cynometra hemitomophylla (Donn.Sm.) Rose
Cynometra hondurensis [species] Dwyer
Cynometra hostmanniana Tul.
Cynometra humboldtiana Stergios
Cynometra inaequifolia A.Gray
Cynometra insularis A.C.Sm.
Cynometra iripa Kostel.
Cynometra katikii Verdc.
Cynometra lenticellata (C.T.White) Rados. (syn. Maniltoa lenticellata C.T.White)
Cynometra leonensis [species] Hutch. & Dalziel
Cynometra letestui [species] (Pellegr.) J.Léonard
Cynometra longicuspis Ducke
Cynometra longifolia Huber
Cynometra longipedicellata Harms
Cynometra lujae De Wild.
Cynometra lukei Beentje
Cynometra lyallii Baker
Cynometra macrocarpa A.S.Tav.
Cynometra madagascariensis Baill.
Cynometra malaccensis [fr; ms; species] Meeuwen
Cynometra mannii Oliv.
Cynometra marginata Benth.
Cynometra mariettae [species] (Meeuwen) Rados.
Cynometra marleneae A.S.Tav.
Cynometra mayottensis Labat & O.Pascal
Cynometra megalocephala [species] (Harms) Rados.
Cynometra megalophylla Harms
Cynometra michelsonii [species] J.Léonard
Cynometra minor (A.C.Sm.) Rados. (syn. Maniltoa minor A.C.Sm.)
Cynometra minutiflora F.Muell.
Cynometra mirabilis [species] Meeuwen
Cynometra novoguineensis [species] Merr. & L.M.Perry
Cynometra nyangensis Pellegr.
Cynometra oaxacana Brandegee
Cynometra oddonii De Wild.
Cynometra palustris [species] J.Léonard
Cynometra parvifolia Tul.
Cynometra pedicellata De Wild.
Cynometra pervilleana Baill.
Cynometra phaselocarpa (B.Heyne) J.F.Macbr.
Cynometra plurijuga [species] (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Rados.
Cynometra polyandra Roxb.
Cynometra portoricensis Krug & Urb.
Cynometra psilogyne [species] (Harms) Rados.
Cynometra ramiflora L.
Cynometra retusa Britton & Rose
Cynometra rosea (K.Schum.) Rados. (syn. Maniltoa rosea (K.Schum.) Meeuwen)
Cynometra roseiflora W.E.Cooper
Cynometra sakalava Du Puy & R.Rabev.
Cynometra sanagaensis [species] Aubrév.
Cynometra schefferi [species] (K.Schum.) Rados.
Cynometra schlechteri Harms
Cynometra schottiana Hochr.
Cynometra sessiliflora [species]* Harms
Cynometra simplicifolia Harms
Cynometra sphaerocarpa Pittier
Cynometra steenisii [species] (Meeuwen) Rados.
Cynometra stenopetala [species] Dwyer
Cynometra steyermarkii [species] Rados.
Cynometra suaheliensis (Taub.) Baker f.
Cynometra travancorica Bedd.
Cynometra trinitensis Oliv.
Cynometra tumbesiana [species] Rados.
Cynometra ulugurensis Harms
Cynometra vestita (A.C.Sm.) Rados. (syn. Maniltoa vestita A.C.Sm.)
Cynometra vitiensis Rados. (syn. Maniltoa floribunda A.C.Sm.)
Cynometra vogelii Hook.f.
Cynometra warburgii Harms
Cynometra webberi Baker f.
Cynometra yokotae [species] Kaneh.
Cynometra zeylanica Kosterm.

References

[1]
Cynonmetra L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
[2]
Mahdi, Waruno (2007). Malay Words and Malay Things: Lexical Souvenirs from an Exotic Archipelago in German Publications Before 1700. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-447-05492-8.
[3]
Radosavljevic A, Mackinder BA, Herendeen PS (2017). "Phylogeny of the Detarioid Legume Genera Cynometra and Maniltoa (Leguminosae)". Systematic Botany. 42 (4): 670–679. doi:10.1600/036364417X696465. S2CID 91017745.
[4]
Radosavljevic, Aleksandar (2019). "The rise of Cynometra (Leguminosae) and the fall of Maniltoa: a generic re-circumscription and the addition of 4 new species". PhytoKeys (127): 1–37. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.127.29817. PMC 6661263. PMID 31379449.

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Cynonmetra L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

[2] [2]
Mahdi, Waruno (2007). Malay Words and Malay Things: Lexical Souvenirs from an Exotic Archipelago in German Publications Before 1700. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-447-05492-8.

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Radosavljevic A, Mackinder BA, Herendeen PS (2017). "Phylogeny of the Detarioid Legume Genera Cynometra and Maniltoa (Leguminosae)". Systematic Botany. 42 (4): 670–679. doi:10.1600/036364417X696465. S2CID 91017745.

[4] [4]
Radosavljevic, Aleksandar (2019). "The rise of Cynometra (Leguminosae) and the fall of Maniltoa: a generic re-circumscription and the addition of 4 new species". PhytoKeys (127): 1–37. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.127.29817. PMC 6661263. PMID 31379449.

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