Desmodium Desv.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chad, Chile North, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South Dakota, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Ascension, Bismarck Archipelago, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Nauru, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cyclomorium Walp. in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 890 (1843)
- Edusaron Medik. in Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 371 (1787), nom. superfl.
- Meibomia Heist. ex Fabr. in Enum.: 168 (1759), nom. rej.
- Nephromeria (Benth.) Schindl. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 281 (1924)
- Nicolsonia DC. in Prodr. 2: 325 (1825)
- Nissoloides M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 18: 135 (1933)
- Oxydium Benn. in Pl. Jav. Rar.: 156 (1840)
- Sagotia Duchass. & Walp. in Linnaea 23: 737 (1851)
- Tropitoma Raf. in New Fl. 2: 19 (1837)
Accepted Species
- Desmodium affine Schltdl.
- Desmodium alamanii DC.
- Desmodium album (Schindl.) J.F.Macbr.
- Desmodium ambiguum Hemsl.
- Desmodium amplifolium Hemsl.
- Desmodium amplistipulaceum L.Torres-Colín & L.O.Alvarado
- Desmodium angustatum (Rose & Standl.) Standl.
- Desmodium angustifolium (Kunth) DC.
- Desmodium arechavaletae Burkart
- Desmodium arizonicum S.Watson
- Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC.
- Desmodium batocaulon A.Gray
- Desmodium bellum (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium bioculatum S.Watson
- Desmodium bridgesii (Schindl.) Burkart
- Desmodium burkartii L.C.P.Lima & Vanni
- Desmodium cajanifolium (Kunth) DC.
- Desmodium callilepis Hemsl.
- Desmodium campyloclados Hemsl.
- Desmodium canadense (L.) DC.
- Desmodium canaliculatum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium canescens (L.) DC.
- Desmodium caripense (Kunth) G.Don
- Desmodium chartaceum Brandegee
- Desmodium chiapense Brandegee
- Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
- Desmodium cinerascens A.Gray
- Desmodium cinereum (Kunth) DC.
- Desmodium coloniense M.E.Jones
- Desmodium conzattii Greenm.
- Desmodium cordistipulum Hemsl.
- Desmodium craspediferum A.M.G.Azevedo & F.Oliveira
- Desmodium crassum M.E.Jones
- Desmodium cubense Griseb.
- Desmodium cuneatum Hook. & Arn.
- Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex G.Don
- Desmodium delotum J.F.Macbr.
- Desmodium densiflorum Hemsl.
- Desmodium denudatum DC.
- Desmodium distortum (Aubl.) J.F.Macbr.
- Desmodium fernaldii B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium floridanum Chapm.
- Desmodium foliosum Hemsl.
- Desmodium ghiesbreghtii Hemsl.
- Desmodium glabellum (Michx.) DC.
- Desmodium glabrescens Malme
- Desmodium glabrum (Mill.) DC.
- Desmodium gracile M.Martens & Galeotti
- Desmodium grahamii A.Gray
- Desmodium guadalajaranum S.Watson
- Desmodium guaraniticum (Chodat & Hassl.) Malme
- Desmodium guianense DC.
- Desmodium hartwegianum Hemsl.
- Desmodium hassleri (Schindl.) Burkart
- Desmodium helleri Peyr.
- Desmodium hirsutum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Desmodium hookerianum D.Dietr.
- Desmodium × humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) L.C.Beck
- Desmodium illinoense A.Gray
- Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC.
- Desmodium infractum DC.
- Desmodium intermedium Burkart
- Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb.
- Desmodium jaliscanum S.Watson
- Desmodium johnstonii Standl. ex B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium karwinskii (Schindl.) L.Torres-Colín & A.Delgado
- Desmodium laevigatum (Nutt.) DC.
- Desmodium lagopodioides Endl.
- Desmodium lamprocarpum Hemsl.
- Desmodium lavanduliflorum Standl.
- Desmodium leiocarpum (Spreng.) G.Don
- Desmodium lempirae C.Nelson
- Desmodium leptoclados Hemsl.
- Desmodium leptomeres (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium limense Hook.
- Desmodium lindheimeri Vail
- Desmodium lineatum DC.
- Desmodium longiarticulatum (Rusby) Burkart
- Desmodium lupulinum Schltdl.
- Desmodium luteolum Standl.
- Desmodium macrodesmum (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm.
- Desmodium macropodium Hemsl.
- Desmodium macrostachyum Hemsl.
- Desmodium madrense Hemsl.
- Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC.
- Desmodium maxonii (Standl.) Standl.
- Desmodium membranifolium L.C.P.Lima, A.M.G.Azevedo & L.P.Queiroz
- Desmodium metallicum (Rose & Standl.) Standl.
- Desmodium metcalfei (Rose & J.H.Painter) Kearney & Peebles
- Desmodium mexiae B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium michelianum (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium michoacanum B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium micranthum (Schindl.) J.F.Macbr.
- Desmodium microcarpum (Rusby) L.C.P.Lima, A.M.G.Azevedo & L.P.Queiroz
- Desmodium miniatura Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Desmodium molliculum (Kunth) DC.
- Desmodium monticola Brandegee
- Desmodium nicaraguense Oerst.
- Desmodium nitidum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Desmodium novogalicianum B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium nuttallii (Schindl.) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
- Desmodium occidentale (C.V.Morton) Standl.
- Desmodium ochroleucum M.A.Curtis ex Canby
- Desmodium orbiculare Schltdl.
- Desmodium orizabanum Hemsl.
- Desmodium ospriostreblum Chiov.
- Desmodium pachyrhizum Vogel
- Desmodium painteri (Rose & Standl.) Standl.
- Desmodium pallidum (Rose & J.H.Painter) Standl.
- Desmodium palmeri Hemsl.
- Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC.
- Desmodium paraguanae Pittier
- Desmodium parkinsonii Hemsl.
- Desmodium perplexum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium platycarpum Benth.
- Desmodium plectocarpum Hemsl.
- Desmodium plicatum Schltdl. & Cham.
- Desmodium polygaloides Chodat & Hassl.
- Desmodium polystachyum Schltdl.
- Desmodium prehensile Schltdl.
- Desmodium pringlei S.Watson
- Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Desmodium prodigum (Schindl.) Standl.
- Desmodium prostratum Brandegee
- Desmodium pseudoamplifolium Micheli
- Desmodium psilocarpum A.Gray
- Desmodium psilophyllum Schltdl.
- Desmodium purpusianum (Schindl.) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium purpusii Brandegee
- Desmodium raymundoramirezii L.Torres & A.Delgado
- Desmodium retinens Schltdl.
- Desmodium rhynchodesmum (S.F.Blake) Standl.
- Desmodium riedelii (Schindl.) Burkart
- Desmodium rosei B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium rotundifolium DC.
- Desmodium saccatum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium saxatile (C.V.Morton) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium scalare B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium schindleri B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium schubertianum Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Desmodium schusteri (Schindl.) Standl.
- Desmodium sclerophyllum Benth.
- Desmodium scopulorum S.Watson
- Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Poir.
- Desmodium scutatum Hemsl.
- Desmodium seatonii Greenm.
- Desmodium seleri (Schindl.) Standl. & Steyerm.
- Desmodium sericeum (Schindl.) Standl.
- Desmodium sericocarpum Hemsl.
- Desmodium sericophyllum Schltdl.
- Desmodium serotinum (Willd.) DC.
- Desmodium sessilifolium (Torr. ex M.A.Curtis) Torr. & A.Gray
- Desmodium skinneri Benth.
- Desmodium strictum (Pursh) DC.
- Desmodium subrosum G.L.Nesom
- Desmodium subsecundum Vogel
- Desmodium subsericeum Malme
- Desmodium subsessile Schltdl.
- Desmodium substipulaceum Blume ex Kurz
- Desmodium subtile Hemsl.
- Desmodium sumichrastii (Schindl.) Standl.
- Desmodium sylvicola Brandegee
- Desmodium tastense Brandegee
- Desmodium tenuifolium Torr. & A.Gray
- Desmodium tenuipes (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.
- Desmodium triarticulatum Malme
- Desmodium tweedyi Britton
- Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC.
- Desmodium urarioides (S.F.Blake) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium vargasianum B.G.Schub.
- Desmodium venosum Vogel
- Desmodium venustum Steud.
- Desmodium viridiflorum (L.) DC.
- Desmodium volubile (Schindl.) B.G.Schub. & McVaugh
- Desmodium weberbaueri (Schindl.) J.F.Macbr.
- Desmodium wydlerianum Urb.
- Desmodium xylopodium Greenm.
- Desmodium yungasense Britton
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- Pires Lima, L.C., de Queiroz, L.P., de Azevedo Tozzi, A.M.G & Lewis, G.P. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Desmodium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) in Brazil. Phytotaxa 169: 1-119.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 2: 159.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Verdcourt in Kirkia 9: 506 (1974).
- in J. Bot. Agric. 1: 122, t. 5, fig. 15 (1813) nom. conserv.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Journ. de Bot., sér. 2, 1: 122, t. 5/15 (1813)
- Schubert in F.C.B. 5: 180 (1954), nom. conserv.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1986 | Thomas, D.W. [2133], Cameroon | K000087027 | No | ||
Nov 21, 1925 | Armstrong [s.n.], Australia | K000279025 | Yes | ||
Rico, L. [1600], Bolivia | K000295213 | No | |||
Cunningham, A. [35], Australia | K000279027 | Yes | |||
Rico, L. [1354b], Bolivia | K000295496 | Yes | |||
Bauer [s.n.], Australia | K000279030 | Yes | |||
Lindley [s.n.], Australia | K000279029 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | K001132335 | Yes | |||
Bauer [s.n.], Australia | K000279088 | Yes | |||
Brooks, R.R. [TMEX436], Brazil | K000931721 | Yes | |||
Moore, C. [s.n.], Australia | K000279024 | Yes | |||
Heringer, E.P. [4670], Brazil | K000931722 | Yes | |||
Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.] | K001132336 | Yes | |||
Cunningham, A. [41], Australia | K000279023 | Yes | |||
Berçot, A.C.S. [19], Brazil | K000931720 | Yes | |||
Rico, L. [1387], Bolivia | K000295397 | Yes | |||
Silva, J.M. [5640], Brazil | K000931723 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Legumes of the World Online
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