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Purplehearts
Peltogyne
Peltogyne, commonly known as purpleheart, amendoim or amaranth, is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical regions of Central and South America, where they occur in tropical rainforests. Purpleheart comes from the rainforests of Brazil, Guyana, and Suriname.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
nazareno
speciesPeltogyne purpurea
palo morado
speciesPeltogyne mexicana
Peltogyne pauciflora
speciesPeltogyne pauciflora
Peltogyne venosa
speciesPeltogyne venosa
Peltogyne angustiflora
speciesPeltogyne angustiflora
Peltogyne confertiflora
speciesPeltogyne confertiflora
Peltogyne paniculata
speciesPeltogyne paniculata
Peltogyne catingae
speciesPeltogyne catingae
Peltogyne lecointei
speciesPeltogyne lecointei
Peltogyne subsessilis
speciesPeltogyne subsessilis
Peltogyne heterophylla
speciesPeltogyne heterophylla
Peltogyne mattosiana
speciesPeltogyne mattosiana
Peltogyne gracilipes
speciesPeltogyne gracilipes
Peltogyne altissima
speciesPeltogyne altissima
Peltogyne chrysopis
speciesPeltogyne chrysopis
Peltogyne paradoxa
speciesPeltogyne paradoxa
Peltogyne maranhensis
speciesPeltogyne maranhensis
Peltogyne excelsa
speciesPeltogyne excelsa
Peltogyne discolor
speciesPeltogyne discolor
Peltogyne recifensis
speciesPeltogyne recifensis
Peltogyne parvifolia
speciesPeltogyne parvifolia
Peltogyne campestris
speciesPeltogyne campestris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Peltogyne in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 138733.