Antheroporum Explained

Antheroporum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes five species native to southern China, Vietnam, and Thailand.^[1]

Five species are accepted:^[1]

• Antheroporum banaense – Vietnam
• Antheroporum harmandii (syn. Antheroporum glaucum)^[2] – China (southwestern and southeastern Yunnan, western Guangxi, and southwestern Guizhou) and Vietnam
• Antheroporum pierrei ^[3] – Thailand and Vietnam
• Antheroporum puudjaae ^[4] – Thailand
• Antheroporum vidalii – Vietnam

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21678-1 Antheroporum Gagnep.
2. Ayawong . Chanjira . Unartngam . Jintana . Thiwatwaranikul . Pornpawee . Okane . Izumi . Ono . Yoshitaka . 2020-07-01 . Cystomyces antheropori, a new rust fungus on Antheroporum glaucum from Thailand . Mycoscience . en . 61 . 4 . 179–183 . 10.1016/j.myc.2020.04.002 . 216295588 . 1340-3540.
3. Gao . Song . Xu . Ya-ming . Valeriote . Frederick A. . Gunatilaka . A. A. Leslie . 2011-04-25 . Pierreiones A−D, Solid Tumor Selective Pyranoisoflavones and Other Cytotoxic Constituents from Antheroporum pierrei . Journal of Natural Products . en . 74 . 4 . 852–856 . 10.1021/np100763p . 0163-3864 . 3371367 . 21452840.
4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Udon Thani 41000, Thailand . Mattapha . Sawai . Tetsana . Naiyana . Forest Herbarium, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, 61 Phahonyothin Road, Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand . 2021 . Antheroporum puudjaae (Millettieae: Fabaceae), a new species from Thailand . Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) . 49 . 130–134 . 10.20531/tfb.2021.49.1.16. 236745943 . free .