Grona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Unieurosida Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Grona
Species: G. adscendens – G. afra – G. appressipila – G. auricoma – G. barbata – G. birmannica – G. brachystachya – G. brevipedicellata – G. brownii – G. cordifolia – G. ferruginea – G. filiformis – G. flagellaris – G. fulvescens – G. glareosa – G. griffithiana – G. hannii – G. harmsii – G. helenae – G. heterocarpos – G. heterophylla – G. hirta – G. jucunda – G. juruenensis – G. muelleri – G. nemorosa – G. orinocensis – G. pullenii – G. pycnotricha – G. ramosissima – G. retroflexa – G. rubra – G. schubertiae – G. schweinfurthii – G. setigera – G. stolzii – G. strigillosa – G. styracifolia – G. tiwiensis – G. trichostachya – G. triflora – G. vidalii – G. wittei – G. wynaadensis – G. zenkeri

Name

Grona Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 459. (1790) emend. Ohashi & Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 93(2): 112. (2018)

Type species: Grona repens Lour. (1790) = Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 93(2): 112. (2018)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Desmodium sect. Nicolsonia (DC.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 222, adnot. (1852)
- Desmodium sect. Sagotia (Duchass. & Walp.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 222, adnot. (1852)
- Perrottetia DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 95 (1825), nom. illeg. hom. non Perrottetia Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 7(31): 57 (ed. fol.); 73 (ed. qto.) (1824) (Dipentodontaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
- - Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Marianas, Nauru, Niue, Seychelles, Society Is., Tuamotu

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus I. Pp. I–XX, 1–353. Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 459.
Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2018. Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(2): 104–120. Abstract Reference page.

Additional references

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izumi, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(3): 165-189. ResearchGate Reference page.
Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Abe, C., Kotani, H., Nata, K., Ohtake, H. & Yamamoto, K., 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae 2. two new genera separated from Desmodium and two new combinations in Grona and Sohmaea. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(5): 293-306. ResearchGate Reference page.
Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2020. Systematic Position of Desmodium vidalii (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) and Distribution of Desmodium in Indochina. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 95(1): 1-8. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Grona in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Oct. 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Grona. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 4 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Grona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov 2020. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Tick Trefoils