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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. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico
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to southern Brazil
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. ''Platymiscium'' is the only genus in the family with opposite leaves 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'' 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'' Benth.
* ''Platymiscium floribundum
''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
** var. ''floribundum'' Vogel.
** var. ''latifolium'' (Benth.) Benth.
** var. ''nitens'' (Vogel) Klitgaard
** var. ''obtusifolium'' (Harms) Klitgaard
* '' Platymiscium gracile'' Benth.
* '' Platymiscium hebestachyum'' Benth.
* '' Platymiscium jejunum'' Klitg.
* '' Platymiscium lasiocarpum'' Sandwith
* '' Platymiscium parviflorum'' Benth.
* '' Platymiscium pinnatum'' (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'' Micheli
** subsp. ''fragrans'' (Rusby) Klitgaard
** subsp. ''pubescens'' Micheli
** subsp. ''zehntneri'' (Harms) Klitgaard
* '' Platymiscium speciosum'' Vogel
* '' Platymiscium stipulare'' Benth. ex Benth.
* '' Platymiscium trifoliolatum'' Benth. ex Benth.
* '' Platymiscium trinitatis'' 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