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Desmodium elegans DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium elegans DC. [Preferred name]
    Desmodium cinerascens Franch. {Synonym}
    Desmodium esquirolii H.Lev. {Synonym}
    Desmodium forrestii Schindl. {Synonym}
    Desmodium franchetii Rehder {Synonym}
    Desmodium glaucophyllum Pamp. {Synonym}
    Desmodium rhabdocladum Franch. {Synonym}
    Desmodium spicatum Rehder {Synonym}
    Desmodium tiliaefolium G.Don {Synonym}
    Desmodium tiliifolium (D.Don)G.Don {Orthographic variant}
    Hedysarum tiliaefolium D.Don {Synonym}
    Hedysarum tiliifolium D.Don {Orthographic variant}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Afghanistan (N) [1939]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [2069, 3418]; Gansu [3418]; Guizhou [3418]; Shaanxi [3418]; Sichuan [3418]; Xizang Zizhiqu [3418]; Yunnan [3418]; India (N) [1914, 1947, 3040, 3119, 3141, 3144, 3377, 3584]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Himachal Pradesh [3141]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Punjab [3377]; Sikkim [1947]; Uttar Pradesh [3144]; West Bengal [3119]; Myanmar (N) [1914]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]
  Europe
Great Britain (I) [1961]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1931, 1938, 1947, 1952, 3418, 3476] ; Illustration [1861, 3476]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1961]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1861.

  Rechinger, K.H., 1984
    Flora Iranica. 157: Papilionaceae II.

1914.

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

1931.

  Ohashi, H., 1966
    Flora of Eastern Himalaya.H. Hara. Tokyo

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

1947.

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

1952.

  Rechinger, K.H., 1984
    In:Flora Iranica. Papilionaceae 2. N 157. Graz-Austria.

1961.

  Bean, W.J., 1970
    Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, Ed 8 Vols 1-4

2069.

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

2898.

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

3040.

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

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3141.

  Nair, N.C., 1977
    Flora of Bashahr Himalayas

3144.

  Naithani, B.D., 1984
    Flora of India series 3. Flora of Chamoli. B.S.I. Calcutta

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3377.

  Sharma, M., 1990
    Punjab Plants Check-list

3418.

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

3476.

  Ohashi, H., 1971
    In:Hara,H.(ed.) Flora of Eastern Himalaya.

3581.

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

3584.

  Sharma, B.M. & Kachroo, P., 1979
    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.
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