Desmodium intortum
Desmodium intortum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: Desmodium intortum

Name

Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb., 1920

Synonyms

  • Desmodium adhaesivum Schltdl.
  • Desmodium aparines (Link) DC.
  • Desmodium intortum var. apiculatum B.G.Schub.
  • Desmodium nantouensis Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu
  • Desmodium sonorae A.Gray
  • Desmodium trigonum (Sw.) DC.
  • Hedysarum aparines Link
  • Hedysarum intortum Mill.
  • Hedysarum trigonum Sw.
  • Meibomia adhaesiva (Schltdl.) Kuntze
  • Meibomia aparines (Link) Schindl.
  • Meibomia balaensis Schindl.
  • Meibomia intorta (Mill.) S.F.Blake
  • Meibomia sonorae (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Meibomia trigona Gandara

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, Venezuela
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Angola, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Leeward Is., Malawi, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, St.Helena, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Urban, I. 1920–1921. Symbolae Antillanae, seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. 8. 860 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. : 8:292.

Vernacular names

español: Pega pega, amor seco, cadillo, empanaditas.
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