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Taxon:  Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Desmodium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Desmodiinae
Nomen number:
70228
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:336. 1825
Verified:
02/21/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (7  active, 7  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hedysarum dichotomum Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Desmodium diffusum (Willd.) DC.
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Reference(s)
  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  2. Lebrun, J.-P. & A. Gaston. 1976. Premier supplément au "Catalogue de Plantes vasculaires du Tchad Méridional". Adansonia sér. 2, 15:385.
  3. Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
  4. Ohashi, H. 1973. The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana 1:173.
  5. Pueppke, S. G. & W. J. Broughton. 1999. Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234 and R. fredii USDA257 share exceptionally broad, nested host ranges. Molec. Pl.-Microbe Interact. 12(4):293-318.
  6. Thulin, M. Leguminosae of Ethiopia. Opera Bot. 68:1-223. 1983
  7. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  8. Verdcourt, B. 1974. Summary of the Leguminosae - Papilionoideae - Hedysareae (sensu lato) of Flora Zambesiaca. Kirkia 9:523.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaCelebes 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Yunnan]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Celebes, Java]
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=70228. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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