Biology:Platycyamus (plant)

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Platycyamus
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Platycyamus regnellii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Platycyamus
Benth. (1862)[1]

Platycyamus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes two species of trees native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru. They grow in the Amazon and Atlantic rain forests of the Amazon Basin and eastern coastal Brazil.[2] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

  • Platycyamus regnellii Benth.
  • Platycyamus ulei Harms

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3934682 entry