Desmodium tanganyikense Baker

First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 65 (1895)
This name is a synonym of Pleurolobus tanganyikensis

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [Cited as Desmodium tanganyikense.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141. [Cited as Desmodium tanganyikense .]
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Desmodium tanganyikense.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Desmodium tanganyikense.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Bak. f., Leguminosae of Tropical Africa: 328 (1929).
  • Bak. in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1895: 65 (1895).
  • Gossw. & Mendonça, Carta Fitogeog. Angola: 161 (1939).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 420 (1949).
  • Laundon in Consp. Fl. Angol. 3: 224, t. 20/ A3–C3 (1966).
  • Schubert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 5: 201 (1954).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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