Lespedeza repens

Lespedeza repens

Lespedeza repens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Lespedezinae
Genus: Lespedeza
Species: Lespedeza repens

Name

Lespedeza repens (L.) W.P.C.Barton, Fl. Philadelphia Prodr. 2:77. (1815)

Synonyms

• Desmodium repens (L.) DC.
• Hedysarum lespedeza Poir.
• Hedysarum prostratum Muhl. ex Willd.
• Hedysarum repens L.
• Lespedeza prostrata Pursh

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Barton, W.P.C. 1818. Compendium Florae Philadelphicae : containing a description of the indigenous and naturalized plants found within a circuit of ten miles around Philadelphia. Vol. 2. 234 pp. Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 2:77.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lespedeza repens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lespedeza repens. Published online. Accessed: Nov 24 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Lespedeza repens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lespedeza repens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2020 Nov 24.

English: Creeping Lespedeza

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