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Platystemma

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Platystemma
Platystemma violoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Platystemma
Wall. (1831)
Species:
P. violoides
Binomial name
Platystemma violoides
Wall. (1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chirita violoides (Wall.) M.R.Almeida (2001)
  • Didymocarpus hamosa Wall. (1829), not validly publ.
  • Platystemma majus Wall. (1831)
  • Roettlera hamosa (Wall.) Kuntze (1891), not validly publ.
  • Rottlera hamosa Baill. (1894)

Platystemma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[2]

It contains a single species, Platystemma violoides, an annual native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, south-central China (Yunnan), and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Platystemma violoides Wall. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Platystemma Wall. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 May 2021.