Platypodium elegans

Vogel (1837)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Platypodium

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Linnaea 11: 420 (1837)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Platypodium elegans Ewa Preserved_Specimen McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1934-09-20
2 Platypodium elegans Kailua Preserved_Specimen Munro, J.T. Oahu BISH 1960-12-01
3 Platypodium elegans Kailua Preserved_Specimen Munro, J.T. Oahu BISH 1960-11-01
4 Platypodium elegans Foster Botanical Garden Accession #2323. Preserved_Specimen Tree about 60 feet tall. Flowers bright yellow, fruits a winged, single-seeded pod. Leaves collected from sucker coming out of trunk, fruit from ground. Hoffman, N. 24 Oahu BISH 2013-05-28
5 Platypodium elegans Ewa Preserved_Specimen McEldowney, G.A. Oahu BISH 1934-09-20