Platypodium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Dalbergieae
Genus: Platypodium
Species: P. elegans – P. viride
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Platypodium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 12. Reference page.

Name

Platypodium Vogel, 1837

Type species: Platypodium elegans Vogel. Lectotype designated by: Cowan, R. S. 1959. Leguminosae of the Western Hemisphere. Notes on choices of lectotypes. Taxon 8(2): 59-60.

Synonyms

Callisemaea Benth.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Panamá, Paraguay, Venezuela

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Vogel, T., 1837. Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 11: 420

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Platypodium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Platypodium. Published online. Accessed: Nov 12 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Platypodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Nov12 2020.

Vernacular names

Platypodium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and has been assigned to the informal monophyletic Pterocarpus clade within the Dalbergieae.[4][5]
References

"The Plant List entry for Platypodium". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Platypodium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Platypodium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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. doi:10.2307/2657116. JSTOR 2657116. PMID 11250829.
Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk BE, 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.