Meibomia cana (J. F. Gmel.) S. F. Blake GRIN-Global

Taxon: Meibomia cana (J. F. Gmel.) S. F. Blake

Synonym of Desmodium incanum (G. Mey.) DC.

Summary

Genus:

Meibomia

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Subtribe:

Desmodiinae

Nomen number:

23733

Place of publication:

Bot. Gaz. 78:276. 1924

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.

Verified:

10/26/1988 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

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Reference(s)

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.
Oliveira, M. de L. A. A. de. 1983. Estudo taxonômico do gênero Desmodium Desv. (Leguminosae, Faboideae, Desmodieae). Iheringia, Bot. 31:62.
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=23733. Accessed 19 July 2025.