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Taxon:  Desmodium canum (J. F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell.



Summary
Genus:
Desmodium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Desmodiinae
Nomen number:
13618
Place of publication:
Beitr. Kenntn. Fl. Kolumb. W. Ind. 371. 1913 Jul; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12:428. 1913 Sep (O. Fuhrmann & E. Mayor, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5:371. 1914 "1913" (Voy. explor. Colombie))
Comment:
  • wrongly treated by Nicolson (1978) as an illegitimate, superfluous name (Melbourne ICN Art. 52), based on his faulty conclusion that its basionym, Hedysarum canum J. F. Gmel., was an illegitimate, superfluous name for H. racemosum Aubl.
  • published in a reprint distributed in July of 1913
Verified:
05/04/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
153 (153  active, 147  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. Flowering plants of Jamaica. 1972
  2. Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
  3. Applequist, W. L. 2013. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 65. Taxon 62:1320.
  4. Lima, L. C. P. et al. 2012. (2089) Proposal to conserve the name Hedysarum incanum Sw. against H. incanum Thunb. (Leguminosae). Taxon 61:1122-1123.
  5. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  6. Martin, W. P. 1948. Observations on the nodulation of leguminous plants of the Southwest. Albuquerque Regional Bull. Soil Conserv. Serv. U.S.D.A. 107:1-10.
  7. Nicolson, D. H. 1978. Illegitimate "basionyms," impact on priority and author citation or, the rise of Desmodium incanum and fall of D. canum (Fabaceae). Taxon 27:369.
  8. Oliveira, M. de L. A. A. de. 1983. Estudo taxonômico do gênero Desmodium Desv. (Leguminosae, Faboideae, Desmodieae). Iheringia, Bot. 31:62.
  9. Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. Flora of Suriname. 1932-
  10. Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981
  11. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  13. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
Distribution
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=13618. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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