Platymiscium

Platymiscium pinnatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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: Platymiscium
Species: P. albertinae – P. calyptratum – P. curuense – P. darienense – P. dimorphandrum – P. filipes – P. floribundum – P. gracile – P. hebestachyum – P. jejunum – P. lasiocarpum – P. parviflorum – P. pinnatum – P. pubescens – P. speciosum – P. stipulare – P. trifoliolatum – P. trinitatis – P. yucatanum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Platymiscium 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

Platymiscium Vogel, 1837

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

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Platymiscium Continental: Mexico to Tropical America Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles Introduced into: Cuba, Leeward Is., Sri Lanka 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 198

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Platymiscium 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. Platymiscium. Published online. Accessed: Nov 12 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Platymiscium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} Nov12 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Macacauba (timber)
suomi: Makapuut

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