Pityrocarpa

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Caesalpinioideae
Tribus: Mimoseae
Genus:
Species: P. brenanii – P. inaequalis – P. leptostachya – P. leucoxylon – P. moniliformis – P. obliqua – P. schumanniana

Pityrocarpa Britton & Rose N. Amer. Fl. 23(3): 190. (1928)

• Type species: Pityrocarpa moniliformis (Benth.) Luckow & R.W.Jobson Sys. Bot. 32(3): 573. (2007)

• Heterotypic
  • Monoschisma Brenan, Kew Bull. 10: 179 (1955), nom. illeg.
  • Pseudopiptadenia Rauschert, Taxon 31: 559 (1982)

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1928. North American Flora 23(3): 190. BHL
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pityrocarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Pityrocarpa. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 17 2016. Reference page.
• Borges, L.M., Inglis, P.W., Simon, M.F., Ribeiro, P.G. & de Queiroz, L.P. 2022.  Misleading fruits: The non-monophyly of Pseudopiptadenia and Pityrocarpa supports generic re-circumscriptions and a new genus within mimosoid legumes. PhytoKeys 205: 239-259. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.205.82275 Reference page. 
• Jobson, R.W. & Luckow, M. 2007. Phylogenetic study of the genus Piptadenia (Mimosoideae: Leguminosae) using plastid trnL-F and trnK/matK sequence data. Systematic Botany 32(3): 569–575. DOI: 10.1600/036364407782250544 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pityrocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.