Desmodium scorpiurus
Desmodium scorpiurus

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 scorpiurus

Name

Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv., 1813

Synonyms

  • Desmodium akoense Hayata
  • Desmodium arenarium Kunth
  • Desmodium cinereum Poepp. ex Griseb.
  • Desmodium multicaule DC.
  • Desmodium parviflorum M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Desmodium virgatum Desv.
  • Hedysarum ramosum Willd. ex Steud.
  • Hedysarum scorpiurus Sw.
  • Meibomia arenaria (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Meibomia martensii Kuntze
  • Meibomia multicaulis (DC.) Kuntze
  • Meibomia scorpiurus (Sw.) Kuntze
  • Nissoloides cylindrica M.E.Jones

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • Arizona
    • Regional: Southeastern USA
      • Florida
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Aruba, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Regional: Brazil Northern South Central America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico Central, Venezuela
    • Introduced into:
      • Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cook Is., Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Malawi, Mali, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Taiwan, Western Australia, Zaïre

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Scorpian Tick Trefoil
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