Taxonavigation

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Desmodiastrum
Species: D. belgaumense – D. parviflorum – D. racemosum

Name

Desmodiastrum A.Pramanik & Thoth. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 65: 374. (1986)

• Type species: Desmodiastrum racemosum (Benth.) A. Pramanik & Thoth. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 65: 375. (1986)
  

Note: Govaerts et al. (2020) place this genus in synonymy with Alysicarpus cf. Hasler (2020), but without citing any evidence for their synonymy, see also Ohashi et al. (2017), who provide additional evidence for the segregation.

References

• Pramanik, A. & Thothathri, K. 1986. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 65: 374.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Desmodiastrum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Desmodiastrum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2916. Desmodiastrum. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 14 2916.
• Ohashi, K., Nemoto, T., Nata, K. & Ohashi, H. 2017. Pollen Morphology of the Genus Desmodiastrum (Leguminosae Subfam. Papilionoideae Tribe Desmodieae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 92(5): 283-293. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2016. Desmodiastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar. 2016.

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