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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 3/6/2013)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 3/6/2013)
Genus PLATYPODIUM Vogel
PlaceOfPublication Linnaea 11.: 420. 1837.
Synonym Callisemra Benth. ex Steud., Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 258. 1840.
Description Trees small, unarmed. Leaves imparipinnate, the leaflets alternate or sub- opposite, oblong, the secondary veins numerous; stipules minute, caducous. Racemes lax, disposed in the upper axils; bracts and bracteoles small, deciduous. Flowers with the calyx turbinate, the 5 teeth bilabiately disposed, the upper teeth coherent almost to the apex; vexillum large, orbicular; wing and carinal petals oblong or obovate, the carinal petals shorter; stamens 10, with usually the vexillar and carinal filaments relatively free, the remaining disposed in 2 fascicles of 4, the anthers versatile; ovary with the stipe obviously elongate and surrounded by a glandular disk, the style glabrous, the stigma small, terminal. Fruits indehiscent, samaroid, glabrous, the seminiferous area distal, subligneous, the wing (expanded stipe) oblong, coriaceous, venose; seeds 1-2, oblong, reniform, the rostellum hard, conical.
Distribution A small genus known from Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.
 
 
 
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