Desmanthus leptophyllus Kunth GRIN-Global

Taxon: Desmanthus leptophyllus Kunth

Summary

Genus:

Desmanthus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Mimoseae

Nomen number:

419164

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 6:208[folio]; 6:264[quarto]. 1824

Verified:

03/12/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

75 (75 active, 75 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

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Reference(s)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Luckow, M. 1993. Monograph of Desmanthus (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 38:96-100.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceara
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Netherlands Antilles	Curacao
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Esmeraldas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Piura
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martin
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Mexico, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Ceara, Minas Gerais]
CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles [Curacao], Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador [Esmeraldas], Peru [Piura, San Martin]

Naturalized
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=419164. Accessed 19 July 2025.