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Desmodium ospriostreblum Chiov.

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HIGHER TAXON: Desmodieae

GENUS: Desmodium Desv.

Desmodium ospriostreblum Chiov. [Accepted]
    Desmodium tortuosum sensu Hepper,p.p. {Misapplied Name}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cameroon (N) [8]; Cape Verde (N) [210]
    Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]
    Ghana (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mali (N) [561]
    Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [210]; Senegal (N) [210]
    Sierra Leone (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [29]
    Tanzania (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210], Sudanian woodland [210]
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210], Zambezian woodland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Annual
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Doubtful record from Togo (Ern; ref.23).
  May be of American origin (Verdcourt 1974 ref.237)
  Scarcely differs from D.procumbens(Miller)Hitchc. (Verdcourt 1974 ref.237).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

29.

   Andrews,F.W., 1952
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.
    The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;Vol.2.

78.

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

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

561.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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