Fabaceae

Platylobium Sm.

First published in Spec. Bot. New Holland: 17 (1793)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is E. & SE. Australia.

Descriptions

Legumes of the World. Edited by G. Lewis, B. Schrire, B. MacKinder & M. Lock. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (2005)

Habit
Shrubs
Ecology
Subtropical, mediterranean and temperate forest, woodland, bushland, thicket and shrubland
Distribution
E and SE Australia (Wide Bay in Queensland to Kangaroo Island in S Australia, and in E Tasmania)
Note
Closely allied to, and probably nested within Bossiaea (unpublished data), from which it differs in the development of a distinct wing beyond the upper sutural nerve of the pod, the extreme enlargement of the two upper calyx-lobes relative to the lower three (this condition found also in Bossiaea spinosa (Turcz.) Domin), a haploid chromosome number of 8 as opposed to 9 in Bossiaea, and pollen with a well-defined endoaperture
[LOWO]

Uses

Use
Potential as ground cover for erosion control and used as ornamentals (e.g., P. formosum Sm., or handsome flat pea , page 359)
[LOWO]

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0