Platypodium viride
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Platypodium viride is a species of tree in the Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

 found in Peru. It is one of two accepted species of Platypodium
Platypodium
Platypodium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae....

, the other being P. elegans
Platypodium elegans
Platypodium elegans or the graceful platypodium is a large leguminous tree found in the Neotropics that forms part of the forest canopy. It was first described by Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel in 1837 and is the type species of the genus. The tree has been known to grow up to 30 metres in...

. It was first described by Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel
Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel
Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel was a botanist. His author abbreviation is Vogel.-References:...

in 1837.
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