Gigasiphon

{{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."{{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 }} 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 ].

{{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 }}