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''Platymiscium'' is a genus of
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family , and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae
The tribe Dalbergieae is an early-branching clade within the flowering plant subfamily Faboideae (or Papilionaceae). Within that subfamily, it belongs to an unranked clade called the dalbergioids. It was recently revised to include many genera ...
. It has a Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
distribution, from northern Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
to southern Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. ''Platymiscium'' is the only genus in the family with opposite leaves
In botany, phyllotaxis () or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem. Phyllotactic spirals form a distinctive class of patterns in nature.
Leaf arrangement
The basic arrangements of leaves on a stem are opposite and alternat ...
in all its species. Its wood has various uses, mostly for constructions and furniture.
Species
''Platymiscium'' comprises the following species: * ''Platymiscium albertinae
''Platymiscium albertinae'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Honduras. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural ...
'' Standl. & L. O. Williams
* ''Platymiscium calyptratum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' M. Sousa & Klitg.
* ''Platymiscium curuense
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' N. Zamora and Klitg.
* ''Platymiscium darienense
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Dwyer
* ''Platymiscium dimorphandrum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Donn. Smith ex Donn. Smith
* ''Platymiscium filipes
''Platymiscium filipes'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Fabaceae.
Its native range is French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas dep ...
'' Benth.
* '' Platymiscium floribundum'' Vogel
** var. ''floribundum'' Vogel.
** var. ''latifolium'' (Benth.) Benth.
** var. ''nitens'' (Vogel) Klitgaard
** var. ''obtusifolium'' (Harms) Klitgaard
* ''Platymiscium gracile
''Platymiscium gracile'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Peru
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'' Benth.
* ''Platymiscium hebestachyum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Benth.
* ''Platymiscium jejunum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Klitg.
* ''Platymiscium lasiocarpum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Sandwith
* ''Platymiscium parviflorum
''Platymiscium parviflorum'', synonym ''Platymiscium pleiostachyum'', is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. It is threatened by habitat loss
...
'' Benth.
* ''Platymiscium pinnatum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' (Jacq.) Dugand
** subsp. ''pinnatum'' (Jacq.) Dugand
*** var. ''diadelphum'' (S. F. Blake) Klitg.
*** var. ''pinnatum'' (Jacq.) Dugand
*** var. ''ulei'' (Harms ex Harms) Klitgaard
** subsp. ''polystachyum'' (Benth.) Klitg.
* ''Platymiscium pubescens
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Micheli
** subsp. ''fragrans'' (Rusby) Klitgaard
** subsp. ''pubescens'' Micheli
** subsp. ''zehntneri'' (Harms) Klitgaard
* ''Platymiscium speciosum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Vogel
* ''Platymiscium stipulare
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Benth. ex Benth.
* ''Platymiscium trifoliolatum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Benth. ex Benth.
* ''Platymiscium trinitatis
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Benth.
** var. ''duckei'' (Huber) Klitgaard
** var. ''nigrum'' (Ducke) Klitgaard
** var. ''trinitatis'' Benth.
* ''Platymiscium yucatanum
''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Bra ...
'' Standl.
References
External links
* * Dalbergieae Fabaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dalbergieae-stub