Fabaceae
Hylodesmum

Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill

First published in Edinburgh J. Bot. 57: 185 (2000)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula, China (S. Yunnan) to Tropical Asia. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Borneo, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, Comoros, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius, Réunion

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S. (2020). Flora of the Eastern Ghats 7: 1-474.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • de la Estrella, M., Cabezas, F.J., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2010). The Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Muni). Folia Geobotanica 45: 1-57.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Du Puy, D.J., Labat, N.-N., Rabevohitra, R., Villiers, J.-F., Bosser, J. & Moat, J. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar: 1-737. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Kumar, S. & Sane, P.V. (2003). Legumes of South Asia. A Checklist: 1-536. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Ford, C.S. (2004). Legumes of Malesia a Check-List: 1-295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. & Heald, J. (1994). Legumes of Indo-China a check-list: 1-164. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Polhill, R.M. (1990). Flore des Mascareignes 80: 1-235. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Verdcourt, B. (2000). Flora Zambesiaca 3(6): 1-175. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 10: 1-642. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Baker, J. G. (1877). Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
  • Dalziel, J. M. (1937). The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
  • Du Puy, D. J. et al. (2002). The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
  • Gillett, J. B. et al. (1971). Papilionoideae. In: Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Milne-Redhead & Polhill
  • Polhill, R, M. (1990). Legumineuses. In: Flore des Mascareignes, Vol 80. J. Bosser et a
  • Robyns, W. (Ed.) (1954). Flore du Congo Belge, Vol 5; Galegeae, Hedysareae.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1979). A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae, PNG

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dawkins, H.C. [735], Uganda Desmodium scalpe 15485.000 No
Aug 16, 1999 Wight [774], India Desmodium strangulatum K000858850 lectotype Yes
Aug 16, 1999 Wight [773], India Desmodium strangulatum K000555868 syntype Yes
Walker [s.n.], India Desmodium strangulatum K000858851 Yes
Jun 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2174], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000339543 No
Jan 1, 2004 Onana, J.-M. [1917], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000746636 No
Dec 1, 2003 Satabie, B. [1120], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000108172 No
Oct 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [412], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000746631 No
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [5659], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000108154 No
Jul 1, 2001 Mackinder, B. [162], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000108173 No
Dec 1, 2000 Munyenyembe, P. [707], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338563 No
Dec 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [8636], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338567 No
Dec 1, 2000 Buzgo, M. [583], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338564 No
Oct 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9438], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000107505 No
Oct 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [703], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000107508 No
Oct 1, 2000 Cable, S. [2776], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000107509 No
Oct 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [1665], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000107507 No
Oct 1, 2000 Ryan, P. [410], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000107506 No
Jun 1, 2000 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8400], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087052 No
Jun 1, 2000 Pollard, B.J. [381], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000746980 No
Jan 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [4544], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338568 No
Jun 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [789], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338562 No
Apr 1, 1997 Munyenyembe, P. [730], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338565 No
Apr 1, 1997 Zapfack, L. [1056], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000338566 No
Mar 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7581], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000198716 No
Mar 1, 1996 Cheek, M. [7472], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000093839 No
Jan 1, 1996 Lighava, M. [12], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000436375 No
Jan 1, 1996 Cable, S. [343], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000437038 No
Jan 1, 1993 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [306], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000381293 No
Jan 1, 1993 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1420], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000381292 No
Jul 1, 1967 Letouzey, R. [8924], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087170 No
Jan 1, 1964 Breteler, F.J. [201], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087005 No
Jan 1, 1964 Breteler, F.J. [232], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087004 No
Jan 1, 1953 Migeod, F. [43], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000086993 No
Jan 1, 1953 Mann, G. [1229], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000086999 No
Jan 1, 1953 Mann, G. [2017], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087009 No
Jan 1, 1953 Maitland, T.D. [933], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000086991 No
Echlon [s.n.], South Africa Desmodium repandum K000418235 isotype Yes
Schimper [857], Ethiopia Desmodium repandum K000418262 isotype Yes
Schimper [857], Ethiopia Desmodium repandum K000418263 isotype Yes
Lightbody, J.S. [26266], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000086996 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9564], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087000 No
Mbenkum, T. [347], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000087006 No
Dunlap [8], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000086994 No
Lightbody, J.S. [26266], Cameroon Desmodium repandum K000086995 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/