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Platycelyphium

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Platycelyphium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 voensis Engl. (1904)
  • Platycelyphium cyananthum Harms (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.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.