Desmanthus covillei (Britton & Rose) Wiggins GRIN-Global

Taxon: Desmanthus covillei (Britton & Rose) Wiggins

Summary

Genus:

Desmanthus

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Mimosoideae

Tribe:

Mimoseae

Nomen number:

419162

Place of publication:

B. L. Turner, Field & Lab. 18:128. 1950

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature (fide K. Gandhi, pers. comm. via e-mail on 2 Apr 2013)

Verified:

03/12/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

22 (22 active, 19 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym

Acuan covillei Britton & Rose

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Reference(s)

Luckow, M. 1993. Monograph of Desmanthus (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 38:70-74.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja Sur]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

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=419162. Accessed 20 July 2025.