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Desmanthus virgatus (L.)Willd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Desmanthus Willd.

Desmanthus virgatus (L.)Willd. [Preferred name]
    Acacia angustisiliqua (Lam.)Desf. {Synonym}
    Acacia virgata (L.)Gaertn. {Synonym}
    Acuan depressa (Willd.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Acuan depressum (Willd.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Acuan texanum Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Acuan tracyi Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Acuan virgatum (L.)Medik. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus depressus Willd. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus leptophyllus DC. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus pernambucensis (L.)Thell. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus pratorum Macfad. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus strictus DC. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus tenellus DC. {Synonym}
    Desmanthus virgatus var. depressus (Willd.)B.L.Turner {Synonym}
    Mimosa angustisiliqua Lam. {Synonym}
    Mimosa depressa (Willd.)Poir. {Synonym}
    Mimosa pernambucensis L. {Synonym}
    Mimosa virgata L. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Adormidera [1409]; Brusca Prieta [2157]; Dwarf Koa [1919]; Frijolillo [1645]; Ground Tamarind [1056]; Guajillo [2142]; Guashillo [2142]; Huarangillo [2142]; Langalet [2157]; Petit Acacia [1915]; Petit Cassie [1915]; Petit Mimosa [1915]; Virgate Mimosa [2153]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cape Verde (I) [8]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [4]; Senegal (I) [20]; South Africa (I) [19]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3366]; China (I) [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; Yunnan [3403]; India (I) [1914, 3026, 3027, 3053, 3099, 3118, 3140, 3366, 3377]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3366]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3366]; Kerala [3366]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Maharashtra [3099]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3026]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3366]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; West Bengal [3118]; Yanan [3366]; Pakistan (I) [2010]; Ryukyu Is (I) [2834]; Sri Lanka (I) [1927]; Taiwan (I) [2827]
  Australasia
Australia (I) [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (U) [2142]; Aruba (U) [2142]; Bahamas (N) [2142, 2153]; Barbados (U) [2142]; British Virgin Is (U) [2142]; Cuba (U) [2142]; Dominican Republic (N) [2142, 2157]; Grenada (U) [2142]; Guadeloupe (U) [2142]; Haiti (N) [2142, 2157]; Jamaica (U) [2142]; Martinique (U) [2142]; Montserrat (U) [2142]; Netherlands Antilles (U) [2142]; Puerto Rico (U) [2142]; St Kitts-Nevis (U) [2142]; St Lucia (U) [2142]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (U) [2142]; Trinidad & Tobago (U) [2142]; Virgin Is (U) [2142]
  Central America
Belize (N) [1242, 1645, 2142]; Costa Rica (N) [1367, 2142]; El Salvador (N) [1645, 2142]; Guatemala (N) [1645, 2142]; Honduras (N) [2142]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [2142]; Chihuahua [2142]; Coahuila [2142]; Durango [2142]; Guerrero [2142]; Hidalgo [2142]; Michoacan [2142]; Morelos [2142]; Nuevo Leon [2142]; Oaxaca [2142]; San Luis Potosi [2142]; Tamaulipas [2142]; Veracruz [2142]; Mexico(South East) (N) [2142]; Campeche [2142]; Quintana Roo [2142]; Tabasco [2142]; Yucatan [2142]; Nicaragua (N) [2142, 3348]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (I) [1941]; Amirantes Group [1941]; Coetivy I [1941]; Farquahar Group [1941]; Madagascar (I) [3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915, 3067]; Agalega I [3067]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  North America
United States (N) [453, 1167, 1256, 1360, 1409, 1430, 1431, 1460, 1604, 1614, 1645, 1680, 2142, 3157]; Arizona [3157]; Florida [453, 1645, 2142, 3157]; Texas [453, 1645, 2142, 3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]; Hawaii (I) [1949]; Northern Marianas (I) [2235]; Solomon Is (I) [261]; Wake Is (I) [2235]
  South America
Argentina (N) [1167, 1530, 2142]; Corrientes [2142]; Entre Rios [2142]; Jujuy [2142]; Salta [2142]; Brazil (N) [1167, 1233, 1414, 1460, 2142]; Rio Grande do Sul [2142]; Chile (N) [2142]; Tarapaca [2142]; Colombia (N) [1292, 2142]; Ecuador (N) [2142]; French Guiana (N) [1408]; Galapagos (N) [1604, 1712, 2142]; Guyana (N) [2142]; Paraguay (N) [1460, 2142]; Peru (N) [1442, 2090, 2142]; Surinam (N) [2142]; Uruguay (N) [1167, 2142]; Venezuela (N) [1661, 2142]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [19];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [19, 261, 1056, 1645, 1915, 1919, 1927, 1941, 2010, 2022, 2142, 2153, 2157, 2843, 3026, 3057, 3348, 3402, 3403] ; Illustration [261, 453, 1915, 1919, 2085, 2142, 2153, 2157, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] [2970] [3402], Shrub [1915] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [2970] [3057] [3402] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Adams BR, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract,

  
USES:
  Environmental [19]; Forage [261, 1919]; Miscellaneous [3019, 3027]; Weed [1915]

  
NOTES:
  Luckow doesn't recognise varieties of D.virgatus [2142]
  Native to Tropical America, and widely naturalised in the Old World. [1915]

  
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