《中国植物志》|| 豆科 LEGUMINOSAE ||云实族 Caesalpinieae ||盾柱木属 Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth. nom. cons.

4.盾柱木属Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth. nom. cons.
Berth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 2: 75. 1840; Hutch. Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 262. 1964. ——Caesalpinia sect. Peltophorum Vogel in Linnaea 11: 406. 1837. ——Baryxylum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 266. 1790, nom. rejic.
落叶乔木，无刺。叶为大型二回偶数羽状复叶；羽片对生；小叶多数，对生，无柄。圆锥花序或总状花序腋生或顶生；苞片小，脱落或宿存；无小苞片；花两性，黄色，美丽，具花盘；花托短；萼片5；近相等；花瓣5片，与萼片均为覆瓦状排列；雄蕊10枚，离生，花丝稍伸出花冠外，基部密被簇状粗毛，花药长圆形，背着；子房无柄，与花托离生，有3-8颗胚珠，花柱长，柱头大，盾状、头状或盘状。荚果披针状长圆形，扁平，薄而坚硬，不开裂，沿背腹两缝线均有翅；种子2-8颗，扁平，无胚乳。
属模式种：P. nogeleanum Benth. (P. dubium (Spreng.) Taub.)
全世界约12种。分布于斯里兰卡、安达曼和马来群岛以及大洋洲南部等热带地区。我国产1种，引种1种。

《Flora of China》|| Fabaceae || ||盾柱木属 Peltophorum

17. Peltophorum (Vogel) Bentham, J. Bot. (Hooker). 2: 75. 1840.

盾柱木属 dun zhu mu shu

Authors: Dezhao Chen, Prof. Dianxiang Zhang & Ding Hou

Caesalpinia sect. Peltophorum Vogel, Linnaea 11: 406. 1837.

Trees, deciduous, unarmed. Leaves abruptly bipinnate; pinnae opposite; leaflets numerous, sessile. Inflorescences panicles or ra­cemes, axillary or terminal; bracts caducous or persistent, small; bracteoles absent. Flowers hermaphroditic, yellow; receptacle short. Sepals 5, subequal. Petals 5, as sepals imbricate. Stamens 10, free; filaments slightly exserted, with pilose tuft at bases; anthers oblong, dorsifixed. Ovary sessile, free from receptacle, 2- or more ovuled; style filiform, long, or discoid; stigma broadly peltate, capitate, or discoid, large. Legume compressed, lanceolate-oblong, rarely elongated, indehiscent, veined at middle, with broad wing on each suture. Seeds 2-8, compressed, without endosperm.

About 12 species: tropical regions; two species (one introduced) in China.