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3807.000 Desmodium
Description of the genus
Shrubs or herbs. Stipules free or joined; stipels present. Leaves 1-foliolate or pinnately 3-foliolate. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, falsely racemose or paniculate. Calyx not glume-like, small (tube usually 1-2 mm, lobes 1-5 mm (in ours)), 5-lobed, either the lobes subequal or mostly ± 2-lipped. Standard variously coloured. Ovary sessile (1-)2-many-ovulate. Pod transversely jointed, flattened with (1-)2-many 1-seeded articles, often with hooked hairs. Worldwide: 450 species from warm areas, especially E Asia, Brazil and Mexico The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| adscendens (Sw.) DC. var. robustum B.G. Schub. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| barbatum (L.) Benth. var. argyreum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | |
| barbatum (L.) Benth. var. dimorphum (Welw. ex Baker) B.G. Schub. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| gangeticum (L.) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| hirtum Guill. & Perr. var. hirtum | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W | |
| ospriostreblum Chiov. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E,S | |
| psilocarpum Gray | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | |
| repandum (Vahl) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| salicifolium (Poir.) DC. var. salicifolium | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | |
| setigerum (E. Mey.) Benth. ex Harv. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E | |
| stolzii Schindl. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| tanganyikense Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | |
| tortuosum (Sw.) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| triflorum (L.) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | Description, Image |
| uncinatum (Jacq.) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E | Description, Image |
| velutinum (Willd.) DC. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Desmodium:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Desmodium pageFlora of Mozambique: Desmodium
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Desmodium
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Desmodium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Desmodium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Desmodium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Desmodium
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