Desmodium hirtum Guill. & Perr. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Desmodium hirtum Guill. & Perr.

Summary

Genus:

Desmodium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Subtribe:

Desmodiinae

Nomen number:

13640

Place of publication:

A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. tent. 1:209. 1832

Comment:

authorship of this family in Guillemin et al. is indicated on p. 271

Verified:

02/24/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

3 (3 active, 3 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Meibomia hirta (Guill. & Perr.) Kuntze

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Reference(s)

Berhaut, J. Flore illustrée du Senegal. 1971-
Boudet, G. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. 1986
Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. 1984
Grobbelaar, N. et al. 1967. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 1. Publ. Univ. Pretoria ser. 2, 38:1-9.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Lebrun, J.-P. et al. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Tchad meridional. 1972
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Verdcourt, B. 1974. Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca. Kirkia 9:510.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native			Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Chad
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia
1	Native	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Sudan
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Gambia
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Ghana
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea-Bissau
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Mali
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Niger
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Nigeria
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Senegal
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
1	Native	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Togo
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Burundi
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Cameroon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Gabon
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire

Native

REGION:

Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13640. Accessed 6 June 2026.