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Desmodium distortum (Aubl.)J.F.Macbr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium distortum (Aubl.)J.F.Macbr. [Preferred name]
    Aeschynomene aspera (Poir.)J.St.-Hil. {Synonym}
    Desmodium asperum (Poir.)Desv. {Synonym}
    Desmodium asperum var. michelii Schindl. {Synonym}
    Desmodium elatum Kunth {Synonym}
    Desmodium hirsutum M.Martens & Galeotti {Synonym}
    Desmodium rubiginosum Benth. {Synonym}
    Desmodium spectabile Miq. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum asperum Poir. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum distortum Aubl. {Synonym}
    Meibomia aspera (Poir.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Meibomia aspera var. michelii Schindl. {Synonym}
    Meibomia distorta (Aubl.)Schindl. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Togo (I) [23]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1102, 1222, 1409, 1645]
  Central America
Costa Rica (U) [1645, 1658]; El Salvador (U) [1645]; Guatemala (U) [1645]; Mexico (U) [1117, 1188, 1222, 1243, 1470, 1637, 1645]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (U) [1222, 1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  South America
Bolivia (U) [1289]; Brazil (U) [1414]; Colombia (U) [1292]; French Guiana (U) [1243, 1470]; Guyana (U) [1243]; Peru (U) [1442]; Surinam (U) [1243]; Venezuela (U) [1661]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1915, 3348]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Further editing: 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [261, 1915]

  
NOTES:
  Native to Tropical America. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1102.

  Barreto, A. et al., 1985
    Acta Botanica Cubana 33:1-5 Legum.: nuevas localidades en Cu

1117.

  Breedlove, D.E., 1986
    Listados Floristicos de Mexico 4:90-112 Flora de Chiapas

1222.

  Croat, T.B., 1978
    Stanford Univ. Press Fl. Barro Colorado Island

1243.

  Dwyer, J.D. et al., 1980
    Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard.67(3):523-818 ...Papilionoideae

1289.

  Foster, R.C., 1958
    Contr.Gray Herb.184:91-102 catalogue of...plants of Bolivia

1292.

  Garcia-Barriga, H. & Forero, E., 1968
    Catalogo Ilustrado de Las Plantas de Cundinamarca 3:1-136

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1442.

  Macbride, J.F., 1943
    Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.,Bot.Ser.13(3/1):1-506 Leguminosae

1645.

  Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A, 1946
    Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5):1-425 Leguminosae

1661.

  Steyermark, J.A. & Huber, O., 1978
    Flora del Avila 514-565 Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.
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