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Taxon:
Desmodium intortum
(Mill.) Urb.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Desmodium
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Desmodiinae
Nomen number:
13644
Place of publication:
Symb. antill. 8:292. 1920 Feb 1 (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. jam. 4:34. 1920 Mar 25)
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
10
(
10
active,
10
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
(Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hedysarum intortum
Mill.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Desmodium hjalmarsonii
(Schindl.) Standl.
Meibomia hjalmarsonii
Schindl.
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Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal.
1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 8:201-219.
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Desmodium+intortum&quantity=1
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles.
1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Ohashi, H.
1988.
Desmodium
(Leguminosae) of the Hawaiian islands. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 39:181.
Pittier, H. F. et al.
1945-1947. Catálogo de la flora venezolana.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins.
1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber.
1978. Flora del Avila.
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:114.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Thulin, M.
1983. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223.
Note:
mentions
Verdcourt, B.
1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes.
Note:
introduced
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
beggar-lice –
Reference(s)
green-leaf desmodium –
Reference(s)
green-leaf tick trefoil –
Reference(s)
French
desmodie –
Reference(s)
German
grünes Desmodium –
Reference(s)
Spanish
amor seco –
Reference(s)
desmodio verde –
Reference(s)
pega pega –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
niu qu shan ma huang –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Azuay
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Bolívar
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Carchi
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Chimborazo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Cotopaxi
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Esmeraldas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Guayas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Imbabura
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Loja
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Los Ríos
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Manabí
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Morona Santiago
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Napo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Pastaza
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Pichincha
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Tungurahua
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Zamora Chinchipe
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Jamaica
,
United States
[Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
[Azuay, Bolívar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Zamora Chinchipe],
Peru
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds.
1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:114.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Name
References