Platymiscium
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| Platymiscium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dalbergieae[1][2] |
| Genus: | Platymiscium Vogel |
| Species | |
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Wood from a Platymiscium sp.
Platymiscium is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to southern Brazil. It contains 19 species (29 taxa, including subspecies and varieties) according to Klitgaard (2005). 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 albertinae
- Platymiscium calyptratum
- Platymiscium curuense
- Platymiscium darienense
- Platymiscium dimorphandrum
- Platymiscium floribundum
- Platymiscium filipes
- Platymiscium gracile
- Platymiscium hebestachyum
- Platymiscium jejunum
- Platymiscium lasiocarpum
- Platymiscium parviflorum Benth.
- Platymiscium pinnatum
- Platymiscium polystachyum – Coyote
- Platymiscium pubescens
- Platymiscium speciosum
- Platymiscium stipulare
- Platymiscium trifoliolatum
- Platymiscium trinitatis
- Platymiscium yucatanum
References
- ↑ Lavin M, Pennington RT, Klitgaard BB, Sprent JI, de Lima HC, Gasson PE. (2001). "The dalbergioid legumes (Fabaceae): delimitation of a pantropical monophyletic clade". Am J Bot 88 (3): 503–33. PMID 11250829.
- ↑ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wykd B-E, Wojciechowskie MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
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