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Lespedeza capitata Michx.

This species name was first published in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 71 (1803)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000164446.

Synonyms of Lespedeza capitata Michx.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Hedysarum umbellatum Walter Fl. Carol. : 184 (1788) wfo-0000166771
Hedysarum frutescens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1193 (1803) wfo-0000166772
Hedysarum conglomeratum Poir. Encycl. 6: 416 (1805) wfo-0000166773
Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina [Elliott] 2(2): 206. 1822 wfo-0000166774
Lespedeza capitata var. sericea Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 23 (1835) wfo-0000166775
Lespedeza capitata var. vulgaris Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 368 (1840) wfo-0000166776
Lespedeza velutina E.P.Bicknell Torreya 1: 102 (1901) wfo-0000166778
Lespedeza bicknellii House Torreya 5: 167 (1905) wfo-0000166779
Lespedeza capitata var. velutina Fernald Rhodora 10: 51 (1908) wfo-0000166780
Lespedeza capitata var. stenophylla Bissell & Fernald Rhodora 14: 92 (1912) wfo-0000166781
Lespedeza capitata var. typica Fernald Rhodora 43: 576 (1941) wfo-0000166782
Lespedeza fruticosa Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 318 (1807) wfo-0000362849
Lespedeza schindleri H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan : 159 (1916) wfo-0000362891
Aeschynomene frutescens Poir. Encycl. 4: 451 (1798) wfo-0000522154
Lespedeza capitata f. argentea Fernald Rhodora 43: 579 (1941) wfo-0001049965
Despeleza capitata (Michx.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 176 (1914) wfo-0001053345
Lespedeza capitata var. capitata wfo-0001061238
Lespedeza capitata f. capitata wfo-0001061326
Lespedeza capitata var. hirtiformis Fernald Rhodora 40: 437 (1938) wfo-0001372950