Genus Platylobium Sm.

Possible synonym of Bossiaea Vent.


Summary
Genus number:
9519
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Bossiaeeae
Accession count:

1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
if the two genera are united, a rejected (nom. rej.), heterotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) of Boissiaea Vent., nom. cons.


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References:
  1. Brummitt, R. K. 2005. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 57. Taxon 54:1102. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Lewis, G. et al., eds. 2005. Legumes of the world 357.
  3. Ross, J. H. 1983. A revision of the genus Platylobium Sm. (Papilionaceae). Muelleria 5:127-141.
  4. Ross, J. H. 2004. (1649) Proposal to conserve the name Bossiaea against Platylobium (Leguminosae). Taxon 53:1075-1076.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9519. Accessed 24 June 2026.