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Definition of Platymiscium
1. Noun. Genus of tropical American trees: quira.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Quira
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platymiscium
Literary usage of Platymiscium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... the leguminous Platymiscium, and a few others. . . . These ants rarely leave
the tree which affords them food and shelter, and they jealously repel all ..."
2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"HARMS, H. Bot. Jahrb., Leipzig, 38, 1905, (74-79). [Platymiscium] [Leguminosae].
SMITH, J. D, Bot. Gaz., Chicago, 111., 37, 1904, (208-214). ..."
3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... and Platymiscium polystachyum.—JB Rarer. 2359. WABY, JF Notes on a collection
of dried fruit and seeds (continued). Jour. ..."
4. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... except the leguminous genus Platymiscium, which has the pinnate leaves usually
in whorls of three, and the tubular branches sometimes dilated at the ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... the leguminous Platymiscium, and a few others. . . . These ants rarely leave
the tree which affords them food and shelter, and they jealously repel all ..."
6. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"HARMS, H. Bot. Jahrb., Leipzig, 38, 1905, (74-79). [Platymiscium] [Leguminosae].
SMITH, J. D, Bot. Gaz., Chicago, 111., 37, 1904, (208-214). ..."
7. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"... and Platymiscium polystachyum.—JB Rarer. 2359. WABY, JF Notes on a collection
of dried fruit and seeds (continued). Jour. ..."
8. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... except the leguminous genus Platymiscium, which has the pinnate leaves usually
in whorls of three, and the tubular branches sometimes dilated at the ..."
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