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Desmodium Desv.

This genus name was first published in J. Bot. Agric. 1(2): 122, t. 5, f. 15 (1813)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000011206.

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Statistics

StatusTotal%
◼︎ synonym 51767%
◼︎ accepted 18524%
◼︎ unplaced 658%
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Synonyms of Desmodium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cyclomorium Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 890 (1843) wfo-4000010268
Edusaron Medik. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. 2: 371 (1787) wfo-4000013035
Meibomia Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. Meth. Pl. : 168 (1759) wfo-4000023531
Nephromeria (Benth.) Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 281 (1924) wfo-4000025939
Nicolsonia DC. Prodr. 2: 325 (1825) wfo-4000026091
Nissoloides M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 18: 135 (1933) wfo-4000026168
Sagotia Duchass. & Walp. Linnaea 23: 737 (1851) wfo-4000033791
Tropitoma Raf. New Fl. 2: 19 (1837) wfo-4000039477

Species in Desmodium ( showing species 1 to 15 of 185)

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Desmodium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium acuminatum f. chandonnetii (Lunell) Fassett Rhodora 38: 189. 1936 wfo-0001053316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium acutifoliolum (Verdc.) Pedley – — wfo-0000206021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium adscendens var. adscendens – – — wfo-1200105716
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium afrum Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 360 1927 wfo-1200101298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium albiflorum (P.Li) H.Ohashi Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn (1853) 17, nomen; et Mart. Fl. Bras. xv. I. 99. wfo-0001253505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium altissimum Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 151, nomen. 1830 wfo-0001053419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G.Schub. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 298 (1952) — wfo-0000196645
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. emirneense Baker – — wfo-0000209658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. emirneensis Baker – — wfo-0000196647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. emirnense Baker J. Bot. 20: 69 (1882) — wfo-1200000621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. nummularifolium Baker – — wfo-0000196643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. nummulariifolium Baker Hist. Phys. Madagascar 30: 172 (1902 publ. 1903) — wfo-1200000622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium barbatum var. procumbens B.G.Schub. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 297 (1952) wfo-0000196642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium bicolor Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5719. [1831-32] wfo-0001053421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium caeruleum (Lindl.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 293. 1832 [Oct 1832] wfo-0001349550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium campenoni Drake Hist. Phys. Madagascar 30: 172 (1902 publ. 1903) wfo-0000196644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium capense G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 292. 1832 [Oct 1832] wfo-0001353123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium cinerea Wight & Arn. – — wfo-0001061941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium collinum Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 310. 1830 wfo-0000642160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium cordatum DC. – — wfo-0001061933
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium decipiens Schindl. – — wfo-0001248775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium dimorphum Welw. ex Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 161 (1871) wfo-0000177013
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium divergens G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 298, nomen. 1832 [Oct 1832] wfo-0001053426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium djalonense A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. i. 189 (1920), nomen. wfo-0001056206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium elatum DC. Prodr. 2: 328 (1825) wfo-0000170493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium elegans var. callianthum (Franch.) P.C.Li Fl. Xizang. 2: 891 (1985), without basionym ref. wfo-0001061295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium elegans var. elegans – – — wfo-0000197674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium esquirolii H.Lév. – — wfo-0000197670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium gangeticum var. gangeticum – – — wfo-1200105717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium gargeticum DC. – — wfo-0001060522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium helicocarpa Kader Advances Bioresearch 8(4): 67 (2017) — wfo-1000062284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium heptaphyllum Sweet Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 151, nomen. 1830 wfo-0001053430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium heterocarpon subsp. angustifolium H.Ohashi Ginkgoana 1: 212, nom. nov., as 'comb. nov.'. 1973 wfo-0001056095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium heterocarpon var. ovalifolium (Wall. ex Prain) Rugayah et in Reinwardtia 10(3): 382 (1987):. 1986 wfo-0001397811
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium heterophyllum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. : 417 (1840) wfo-1200022665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium hickenianum var. hickenianum – – — wfo-0000180111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium hilsenbergii Bojer ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 495, nomen. 1840 wfo-0001053431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium hippocrepidium St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon vii. (1880) 124. wfo-0001053432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium intortum var. triquetrum Blasco Taxon. Rev. Gen. Desmodium Fl. Ecuador 29. 1994 wfo-0001397985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium johnstonii J.R.Johnst. – — wfo-0000170307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium lactescens Bojer Hortus Maurit. : 100 (1837) wfo-0000642203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium lacteumn Steud. Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1(4): 495 1840 — wfo-0001053434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium laltifolium Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. pl. 272 — wfo-0001053435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium leptostachyum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5697 B. [1831-32] wfo-0001053437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium leucanthum Raf. New Fl. 2: 19 (1837) wfo-0000642209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium linearifolium G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 294 (1832) wfo-0000177261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium luteolum Yunck. – — wfo-0000170315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium marilandicum Darl. Fl. Cestr., ed. 2. 412. 1837 wfo-0000170505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium megaphyllum Zoll. – wfo-0000197687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium megaphyllum var. megaphyllum – – — wfo-0000197689
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium metcalfii (Rose & Painter) Kearney & Peebles J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29(11): 485. 1939 [15 Nov 1939] wfo-0001053327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium minahassae Koord. Meded. Lands Plantentuin 19: 431, nomen. 1898 wfo-0001056197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium neaei DC. Prodr. 2: 338 (1825) wfo-0000642221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium novae-hollandiae f. novae-hollandiae – – wfo-0001327126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium novae-hollandiae var. novae-hollandiae – – wfo-0001393446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium nutans Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5706. [1831-32] wfo-0001053446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium onatianum Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 17: 9 1910 — wfo-0000642228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium orbiculatum G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 298, nomen. 1832 [Oct 1832] wfo-0001053447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium orbiculatum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5695. [1831-32] wfo-0001053448
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium oxylobum Müll.Hal. Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 7(5): 764, sphalm. 1870 wfo-0001053450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium pachyrhiza var. subsimplex Benth. – wfo-0000173454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium parviflorum (Dalzell) H.Oshahi – — wfo-0000210538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium patens G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 298. 1832, nomen; Wight, Ic. t. 407. wfo-0000642233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium pedicellatum Graham Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5735. [1831-32] wfo-0001053451
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium pendenticarpum C.Z.Gao & Q.R.Lai Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 9(4): 41, with two types cited. 1989 wfo-0001239695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium pinetomm (Rose & Painter) Greenm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 2: 332 1912 — wfo-0000642239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium polycarpum var. angustifolium Benth. ex W.G.Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911(1): 38 1911 — wfo-0001060745
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium polycarpum var. angustifolium Craib – — wfo-0000197643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium praemorsum Graham Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5703. [1831-32] wfo-0001053452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium quinquangulare Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] t. 293. wfo-0001053455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium rufihirsutum Schindl. – — wfo-0000204754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium salicifolium var. salicifolium – – — wfo-0000193367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium serriferum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5708 B. [1831-32] wfo-0000642269
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium sodiroanum (Schindl.) Ulbr. ex Blasco Taxon. Rev. Gen. Desmodium Fl. Ecuador 37. 1994 wfo-0001053338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium spirale Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 188. 1859 [Jun 1859] wfo-0000170516
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium striatum (Pursh) DC. Prodr. 2: 329 (1825) wfo-0001053462
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium subg. Catenaria (Benth.) Baker Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(4): 163. 1876 [May 1876] wfo-1200009822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium subg. Pleurolobium (DC.) Baker Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(4): 174. 1876 [May 1876] wfo-1200009823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium subsect. Podocarpium (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1(2): 520. 1865 [Oct 1865] (as Podocarpia) wfo-3000002852
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium sulcatum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5736. [1831-32] wfo-0001053463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium teres Wall. ex Benth. Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 225. 1852 [Aug 1852] — wfo-0000200180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium textile Vieill. ex Guillaumin Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 2, 9: 128, nomen. 1911 wfo-0001056203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium tiliaceum Wall. – — wfo-0001062431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium tiliaefolium G.Don – — wfo-0000186474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium tiliaefolium var. stenophyllum (Pamp.) Schindl. – — wfo-0000197683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium tiliifolium var. argenteum (Wall. ex Benth.) Schindl. – — wfo-1200030278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium tinctorum Vieill. ex Guillaumin Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille sér. 2, 9: 128, nomen. 1911 wfo-0001056204
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium torreyanum Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 356 1927 — wfo-0001053340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium trichocaulon DC. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 4 1825 wfo-0000192865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium trinervium Fisch. ex Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 310, nomen. 1830 wfo-0001053465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium varians var. varians – – wfo-0001393483
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium velutinum subsp. velutinum – – — wfo-0000204751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium velutinum var. velutinum – – — wfo-0001061183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium virgatus (L.) Willd. – — wfo-0000188575
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium viticinum Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5709. [1831-32] wfo-0001053467
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Desmodium wightii Wight & Arn. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5718. [1831-32] wfo-0000204744