Platycelyphium

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Platycelyphium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae
Genus: Platycelyphium
Harms (1905)
Species:
P. voense
Binomial name
Platycelyphium voense
(Engl.) Wild (1959)
Synonyms [1]
  • Commiphora voensisEngl. (1904)
  • Platycelyphium cyananthumHarms (1905)

Platycelyphium voense is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania in eastern Africa. It grows in bushland and thicket in the Somali-Masai region. [1] It is the only member of the genus Platycelyphium. [2] [3] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

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References

  1. 1 2 Platycelyphium voense (Engl.) Wild. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Platycelyphium". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Platycelyphium". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 May 2014.