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Culex mollis

Culex mollis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Culicidae

Platypodium elegans, 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 height and have a trunk with a diameter up to 1 m at breast height.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog