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Taxon:  Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.



Summary
Genus:
Desmanthus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:
Mimoseae
Nomen number:
300178
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 4(2):1047. 1806
Verified:
01/18/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
67 (67  active, 65  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mimosa virgata L.

Autonym(s)
Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. var. virgatus

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Acuan virgatum (L.) Medik.
Acuan virgatum (L.) Medik. f. virgatum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Desmanthus depressus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. var. depressus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) B. L. Turner
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  2. Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. 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=Desmanthus+virgatus&quantity=1
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  6. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  7. Isely, D. 1970. Legumes of the United States: II. Desmanthus and Neptunia. Iowa State J. Sci. 44:503.
  8. Isely, D. 1973. Leguminosae of the United States: I. Subfamily Mimosoideae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 25(1):90.
  9. Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia
  10. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  11. Luckow, M. 1993. Monograph of Desmanthus (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 38:134. URL: http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/SBMweb/index.html
  12. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  13. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  14. Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource). URL: http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html
  15. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
  16. Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932-. Flora of Suriname.
  17. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  18. 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:105. URL: http://proseanet.org
  19. Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Flora of the Galapagos islands.
  20. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Common names
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Aruba, Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles [Bonaire, Curacao], Antigua and Barbuda [Antigua], Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Rio Grande do Sul]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador (incl. Galapagos), Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Salta], Chile (n.), Paraguay, Uruguay
Cultivated
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Naturalized (natzd. in paleotropics)
Economic Uses


ILRI Germplasm Policy (excerpts)

The International Livestock research Institute (ILRI) maintains a collection of forage germplasm as a global public good. The material was acquired prior to the entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity; or if it was acquired after the entering into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity, it was obtained with the understanding that it was held in trust and could be made available for any agricultural research, breeding and training purposes under the terms and conditions set out in the agreement between the ILRI and FAO dated 26 October 1994. On 16 October 2006, ILRI signed an agreement with the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) placing these in trust collections of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) within the purview of the Treaty.

In accordance with this Agreement, all shipments of PGRFA of crops listed in Annex 1 to the Treaty (shipments of PGRFA under the Multilateral System) will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA). In the event that the SMTA (attached) is used for the transfer of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture other than those listed in Annex 1 of the Treaty: i) The references in the SMTA to the "Multilateral System" shall not be interpreted as limiting the application of the SMTA to Annex 1 Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and in the case of Article 6.2 of the SMTA shall mean "under this Agreement". ii) The reference in Article 6.11 and Annex 3 of the SMTA to "Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture belonging to the same crop, as set out in Annex 1 to the Treaty" shall be taken to mean "Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture belonging to the same crop".

The material is held in trust and the recipient has no rights to obtain Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on the material or related information. The recipient may utilize and conserve the material for research, breeding and training and may distribute it to other parties provided such parties accept the terms and conditions of the SMTA .

ILRI will provide forage seeds in small experimental quantities of between 1 and 20 grams without charge from the germplasm collection under the SMTA as appropriate for the crop as part of its policy of maximizing the utilization of material for research, breeding and training. Larger quantities sufficient to sow up to one quarter of a hectare of a limited number of promising accessions will require that requesters cover the costs of production and shipping.

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