Platystemma
Genus of plants
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Platystemma is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae.[2]
| Platystemma | |
|---|---|
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| Platystemma violoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Platystemma Wall. (1831) |
| Species: | P. violoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Platystemma violoides Wall. (1831) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It contains a single species, Platystemma violoides, an annual native to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, south-central China (Yunnan), and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]