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Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.)Desv.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.)Desv. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium akoense Hayata {Synonym}
    Desmodium arenarium Kunth {Synonym}
    Desmodium multicaule DC. {Synonym}
    Desmodium virgatum Desv. {Synonym}
    Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw. {Synonym}
    Meibomia multicaulis (DC.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Meibomia scorpiurus (Sw.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Nissoloides cylindrica M.E.Jones {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [212]; Guinea (I) [8]; Kenya (I) [8]; Malawi (I) [8]; Mali (I) [561]; Niger (I) [78]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Sierra Leone (I) [212]; Zaire (I) [8]
  Asia
India (I) [3821]; Kerala [3821]; Indonesia (I) [4022]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [4022]; Philippines (I) [4022]; Taiwan (I) [3418]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1056, 1222, 1339, 1409, 1430, 1431, 1442, 1460, 1470, 1645, 1714]
  Central America
Belize (U) [1242, 1645]; Costa Rica (U) [1367, 1658]; El Salvador (U) [1460, 1645]; Guatemala (U) [1460, 1645]; Honduras (U) [1460]; Mexico (U) [1056, 1117, 1188, 1222, 1430, 1442, 1460, 1470, 1637, 1645, 1714]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (U) [1222, 1224, 1243, 1460, 1645]
  North America
United States (I) [1431, 3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Society Is (I) [2968]
  South America
Bolivia (U) [1222]; Brazil (U) [1222]; French Guiana (U) [1408]; Peru (U) [1056, 1430, 1442]; Venezuela (U) [1222, 1661]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [212, 261, 3265, 3348, 3418, 3821] ; Illustration [261, 3821]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing [261] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261] ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial [261] [3581] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Weed [2968]

  
NOTES:
  ...ium parviflorum M.Martens & Galeotti - Synonym : deleted 18/06/2010, 10:11 [4022]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

78.

  Peyre de Fabregues, B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

261.

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

561.

  Boudet, G. & Lebrun, J.-P., 1986
    Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali.IEMVPT Et.+Syn.16.

1056.

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

1222.

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

1242.

  Dwyer, J.D. & Spellman, D.L., 1981
    Rhodora 83(834):161-236 A List of Dicotyledoneae of Belize

1243.

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

1367.

  Janzen, D.H. & Liesner, R., 1980
    Brenesia 18:15-90 Check-list Lowl.GuanacasteProv.Costa Rica

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

1431.

  List Based Record, 1986
    U.S. Soil Conservation Service

1460.

  Matuda, E., 1981
    Gobierno del Estado de Mexico.Las Legum. del Estado Mexico

2264.

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

2968.

  Welsh, S.L., 1998
    Flora Societensis

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3265.

  Pedley, L., 1999
    Austrobailea 5(2):209-261 Desmodium and related genera in Au

3348.

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

3418.

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

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

3821.

  Dhruvan, T. & Mathew, P., 1995
    Rheedea 5:177-179.Desmodium scorpiurus:new record from India

3890.

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

4022.

  van Meeuwen, 1961
    1961b - Pseudarthria etc.
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