Accepted scientific name:
Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC. (accepted name) 10 literature references for Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.)DC.
Synonyms:
Desmodium purpureum (Mill.)Fawc. & Rendle (synonym) 26 literature references for Desmodium purpureum (Mill.)Fawc. & Rendle
Desmodium stipulaceum DC. (synonym) 2 literature references for Desmodium stipulaceum DC.
Hedysarum purpureum Mill. (synonym) 24 literature references for Hedysarum purpureum Mill.
Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. (synonym) 26 literature references for Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.
Meibomia purpurea (Mill.)Small (synonym) 12 literature references for Meibomia purpurea (Mill.)Small
Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.)Kuntze (synonym) 14 literature references for Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.)Kuntze
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Amor Seco - - Click here to show the literature
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Beggarweed - - Click here to show the literature
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Cadillo - - Click here to show the literature
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Cadillo Pegajoso - - Click here to show the literature
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Dixie tick trefoil - USA Click here to show the literature
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dixie ticktrefoil - USA Click here to show the literature
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Florida Beggar Weed (En) - - Click here to show the literature
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Florida Beggarweed - - Click here to show the literature
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Junquillo - - Click here to show the literature
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Mozote - - Click here to show the literature
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Sweetheart - - Click here to show the literature
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Tick Trefoil - - Click here to show the literature
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Twisted Tick Trefoil - - Click here to show the literature
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Zarzabacoa Junquillo - - Click here to show the literature
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Zarzabacoa Tortuosa - - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Plantae
Phylum Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Desmodium
Distribution: Angola-ISO (introduced); Antigua-Barbuda (native); Argentina (uncertain); Australia (introduced); Bahamas (native); Barbados (native); Belize (native); Bismarck Archipelago (introduced); Bolivia (native); Brazil (native); Burundi (introduced); Cameroon (introduced); Cayman Is (native); Chad (introduced); China (introduced); Colombia (native); Costa Rica (native); Cuba (native); Dominica (native); Dominican Republic (native); Ecuador (uncertain); El Salvador (native); Equatorial Guinea-ISO (introduced); Fiji (introduced); Ghana (introduced); Gilbert Is (introduced); Grenada (native); Guadeloupe (native); Guatemala (native); Guinea Bissau (introduced); Haiti (native); Hawaii (introduced); Honduras (native); India (introduced); India-ISO (introduced); Indonesia-ISO (introduced); Irian Jaya (introduced); Ivory Coast (native); Jamaica (native); Jawa (native); Madagascar (introduced); Malawi (introduced); Mali (introduced); Martinique (native); Mauritius (introduced); Mexico(North & Central) (native); Mexico(South East) (native); Montserrat (native); Mozambique (introduced); Netherlands Leeward Is (native); Nicaragua (native); Nigeria (introduced); Panama (uncertain); Papua New Guinea (introduced); Paraguay (uncertain); Peru (native); Puerto Rico (native); Reunion (introduced); Sao Tome & Principe (introduced); Senegal (introduced); Sierra Leone (introduced); South Africa (introduced); Sri Lanka (introduced); St Lucia (native); St Martin-St Barthelemy (native); St Vincent (native); Surinam (introduced); Tanzania (introduced); Togo (introduced); Uganda (introduced); United States (native); Venezuela (uncertain); Zaire (introduced); Zambia (introduced); Zimbabwe (introduced)
Additional data: Climbing: Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual, Lifespan: Perennial
Source database: ILDIS, 10.01, May 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&LegumeWeb&tno~1482
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e69e5c9e-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2010