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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Codariocalyx Hassk.

Codariocalyx gyroides (Link)Hassk. [Preferred name]
    Codariocalyx conicus Hassk. {Synonym}
    Desmodium bracteatum sensu Micheli {Misapplied}
    Desmodium diversifolium sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Desmodium gyroides (Link)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium gyroides (Roxb.)DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium oxalidifolium H.Lev., p.p. {Synonym}
    Desmodium papuanum C.T.White {Synonym}
    Desmodium pseudogyroides Miq. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum gyroides Link {Synonym}
    Hedysarum gyroides Roxb. {Synonym}
    Meibomia gyroides (DC.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Meibomia gyroides (Link)Kuntze {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Cameroon (I) [8]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [2069, 3466]; China (N) [261, 3418]; Guangdong [3418]; Guangxi [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; Hainan (N) [3418]; India (N) [1914, 1947, 2069, 3026, 3035, 3040, 3366, 3376]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [2069]; Bihar [1914]; Madhaya Pradesh [3366]; Meghalaya [3026]; Nagaland [1914]; Orissa [3376]; Sikkim [1947]; Uttar Pradesh [3035]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (N) [261, 3466, 3898, 3941]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (N) [261, 3004]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 2069]; Nepal (N) [261, 2898]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [261]; Philippines (N) [3466, 3941]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sri Lanka (N) [2069, 3798]; Sulawesi (N) [3941]; Sumatera (N) [3941]; Thailand (N) [2069]; Vietnam (N) [2069]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1056, 1430]
  Central America
Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Fiji (I) [2264]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1947, 2069, 2111, 3348, 3418, 3466, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2069] ; Illustration [261, 2069, 3418]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [261] [3052] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae)

  
USES:
  Environmental [2264]; Medicine [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Cultivated on Mauritius & Reunion during the 1800's; no recent records. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

261.

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

1056.

  Adams, C.D., 1972
    Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

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

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2069.

  Ohashi, H., 1973
    Asiatic sp.of Desmodium & allied. Ginkgoana1. Aca.Sc.BookCo.

2111.

  Ridley, H.N., 1922
    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3004.

  Ford, C.S., 1994
    Kew Herbarium Material.

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3035.

  Kanjilal, P.C., 1966
    A forest ... Uttar Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3052.

  Bojer, W., 1837
    Hortus Mauritianus ou Enumeration des Plants...l'ile Maurice

3348.

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

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3418.

  Yang, Y.C. & Huang, P.H., 1995
    Trifidacanthus &...In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae,41 (Leguminosae 3)

3466.

  Gagnepain, F., 1920
    In: Lecomte,H.(ed.). Flore generale de L'Indochine 2, 5.

3798.

  Pedley, L. & Rudd, V.E., 1996
    Desmodieae. In:Dassanyake,MD & Clayton,WD(eds.). A revised h

3890.

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

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3941.

  Knaap van Meeuwen, M.S., 1962
    Desmodium (as 1962b on sheets).
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