Details for: APG 49601, Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC., CPI 60202

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.

Top Name:

CPI 60202

Origin:

Collected – Malawi

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		BASE 49601 1980___1_____ SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.

Top Name:

CPI 60202

Origin:

Collected – Malawi

Maintained:

Australian Pastures Genebank

Received by APG:

01 Oct 1972

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Collected

12 February 1972.
Locality: 10km W. BLANTYRE ON CHIKWAWA RD.
Aspect: West; Coll Source: Wild; Landuse: Roadside; Propagule: Seed; Slope: Gently Rolling; Soil Drainage: Seasonally Dry; Soil_Texture: Clay Loam; Rainfall: 700

12 February 1972. Malawi
Coordinates: -15.7700, 35.0000 (Map it)
Elevation: 909m.

Collector(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

Donated

01 October 1972. Malawi

Donator(s):

Strickland, R W CSIRO Tropical Crops & Pastures

01 July 2014. Australia

Donator(s):

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

08 September 2015. Australia

Donator(s):

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Accession Names and Identifiers

CPI 60202

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CPI

Commonwealth Plant Introduction

AusTRCF 60202

Type: Donor identifier

Group: AusTRCF

Austraian Tropical Forage

ALP 4.2

Type: Priority Score

Narrative

Group Note

Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.

Genus:

Desmodium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Subtribe:

Desmodiinae

Nomen number:

13679

Place of publication:

Prodr. 2:332. 1825

Verified:

02/24/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Common names

English
beggarweed –
Florida beggarweed –
Portuguese (Brazil)
amor-seco –
carrapicho-beiço-de-boi –
esmódio –
pega-pega –

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
Desmodium stipulaceum DC.
Hedysarum purpureum Mill.
Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail
Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study
PRODUCTION	Seed Yield	Seed Yield	24	QLD Walkamin Research Station (WRS), COPE project 1982
PRODUCTION	Seed Yield	Seed Yield	3	QLD Walkamin Research Station (WRS), COPE project 1981
PRODUCTION	Seed Yield	Seed Yield	3	QLD Walkamin Research Station (WRS), COPE project 1983