Desmodium filiforme Hook. f. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Desmodium filiforme Hook. f.

Synonym of Desmodium limense Hook.

Summary

Genus:

Desmodium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Subtribe:

Desmodiinae

Nomen number:

419172

Place of publication:

Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20:227. 1847 (non Zoll. & Moritzi 1846)

Comment:

an illegitimate later homonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 53) that is unavailable for use

Verified:

03/02/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

8 (8 active, 2 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)

Date, R. A. et al. 1984. The CB Rhizobium strain catalogue. Genet. Res. Commun. 5:1-33.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. Flora of the Galapagos islands. 1971

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=419172. Accessed 18 July 2025.