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Genus:
Desmodium
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids >
Eurosid I > Fabales
> Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
About 300 species, native to tropical and subtropical regions, with 15
species native to southern Africa and a further seven species that are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002). Note:
Desmodium umbellatum is now known as Dendrolobium
umbellatum.
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Desmodium canadense Native to eastern Canada and the
USA. |
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Desmodium laevigatum Native to the USA. |
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Desmodium oojeinense Native to India. |
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Desmodium procumbens [= Desmodium spirale]
Native to tropical regions. |
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Desmodium psilocarpum Recorded from Zimbabwe, native to
Santa Cruz Island, USA. |
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Desmodium elegans [= Desmodium tiliifolium]
Native from India to Burma. |
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Desmodium trifolium Native from the USA to tropical
South America. |
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Desmodium uncinatum Native from Peru to Brazil. |
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Publications
- Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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