Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc. var. exiguum (A. Gray) B. G. Schub. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc. var. exiguum (A. Gray) B. G. Schub.

Summary

Genus:

Desmodium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Subtribe:

Desmodiinae

Nomen number:

419091

Place of publication:

Contr. Gray Herb. 129:12. 1940

Verified:

03/12/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

3 (3 active, 1 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc. (10 active accession[s])
Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc. var. longipes (Schindl.) B. G. Schub. (1 active accession[s])
Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc. var. procumbens (0 active accession[s])
Desmodium procumbens (Mill.) Hitchc. var. transversum (B. L. Rob. & Greenm.) B. G. Schub. (1 active accession[s])

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

Basionym

Desmodium exiguum A. Gray

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Reference(s)

Isely, D. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). 1998
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). 2001

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua	Chontales
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Nicaragua [Chontales]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

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=419091. Accessed 19 July 2025.