Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum

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: Desmodiinae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: Desmodium tortuosum

Name

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC., 1825

Synonyms

• Desmodium physocarpos Vogel
• Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb.
• Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
• Desmodium stipulaceum DC.
• Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.
• Hedysarum purpureum Mill.
• Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC.
• Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.
• Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze
• Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail
• Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze
• Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alabama, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Introduced into: Angola, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China Southeast, Congo, Cook Is., Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mississippi, Mozambique, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 2:332.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Desmodium tortuosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Desmodium tortuosum. Published online. Accessed: Nov 19 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Desmodium tortuosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Nov 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Desmodium tortuosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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