Pleuranthodium platynema

Pleuranthodium platynema is a monocotyledonous plant species first described by Karl Moritz Schumann, and given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith.^[1] Pleuranthodium platynema is part of the genus Pleuranthodium and the family Zingiberaceae.^[2][3]

Pleuranthodium platynema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Genus:	Pleuranthodium
Species:	P. platynema
Binomial name
Pleuranthodium platynema (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm.

The species' range is Papua New Guinea.^[2] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.^[2]