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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Desmodium

Hierarchical position of the Genus Desmodium

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Fabanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Fabales Bromhead pub. Edinburgh New Philos. J. 25: 126. Jul 1838. common name: legumes       Familia  Fabaceae Lindl. pub. Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 148. Jul 1836. common name: Leguminosae       Subtribus  Desmodiinae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 449. 19 Oct 1865.       Genus  Desmodium Desv. pub. (1813) common name: ticktrefoil

Named members of the Genus Desmodium

1	Species  acuminatum (Michx.) DC. syn. Desmodium glutinosum
2	Species  adscendens (Sw.) DC. common name: zarzabacoa galana
3	Species  affine Schlecht. common name: amor seco
4	Species  angustifolium (Kunth) DC.
	5    Varietas  gramineum (Gray) Schub. syn. Desmodium gramineum
6	Species  annuum Gray p.p. syn. Desmodium tortuosum
7	Species  arenicola (Vail) F.J. Herm. syn. Desmodium lineatum
8	Species  arizonicum S. Wats. common name: Arizona ticktrefoil
9	Species  axillare (Sw.) DC.
	10    Varietas  acutifolium (Kuntze) Urban common name: zarzabacoa de monte  (Mexico) 11    Varietas  axillare common name: zarzabacoa de monte  (Mexico) 12    Varietas  obtusifolium (Kuntze) Urban syn. Desmodium axillare var. axillare 13    Varietas  sintenisii Urban syn. Desmodium axillare var. stoloniferum 14    Varietas  stoloniferum (L.C. Rich. ex Poir.) Schub. common name: zarzabacoa de monte  (Mexico)
15	Species  barbatum (L.) Benth. common name: zarzabacoa peluda
16	Species  batocaulon Gray common name: San Pedro ticktrefoil
17	Species  bracteosum (Michx.) DC.
	18    Varietas  longifolium (Torr. & Gray) B.L. Robins. syn. Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium
19	Species  cajanifolium (Kunth) DC. common name: tropical ticktrefoil
20	Species  canadense (L.) DC. common name: showy ticktrefoil
21	Species  canescens (L.) DC.
	22    Varietas  hirsutum (Hook.) B.L. Robins. syn. Desmodium canescens 23    Varietas  villosissimum Torr. & Gray syn. Desmodium canescens
24	Species  canum (J.F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thellung
	25    Varietas  angustifolium (Griseb.) L�on & Alain syn. Desmodium incanum var. angustifolium
26	Species  ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.
	27    Varietas  ciliare common name: hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil 28    Varietas  lancifolium Fern. & Schub. common name: lanceleaf ticktrefoil
29	Species  cinerascens Gray common name: spiked ticktrefoil
30	Species  cubense Griseb. common name: Cuban ticktrefoil
31	Species  cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loud.
	32    Varietas  cuspidatum common name: largebract ticktrefoil 33    Varietas  longifolium (Torr. & Gray) Schub. common name: largebract ticktrefoil
34	Species  dichromum Shinners syn. Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
35	Species  dillenii Darl. syn. Desmodium perplexum
36	Species  fernaldii Schub. common name: Fernald's ticktrefoil
37	Species  floridanum Chapman common name: Florida ticktrefoil
38	Species  formosum Vogel syn. Lespedeza formosa
39	Species  frutescens Schindl. syn. Desmodium incanum var. incanum
40	Species  glabellum (Michx.) DC. common name: Dillenius' ticktrefoil
41	Species  glabrum (P. Mill.) DC. common name: zarzabacoa dulce
42	Species  glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood common name: pointedleaf ticktrefoil
43	Species  grahamii Gray common name: Graham's ticktrefoil
44	Species  gramineum Gray common name: grassleaf ticktrefoil
45	Species  grandiflorum DC. syn. Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum
46	Species  gyroides (Roxb. ex Link) DC. syn. Codariocalyx gyroides
47	Species  heterocarpon (L.) DC.
	48    Varietas  strigosum van Meeuwen common name: Asian ticktrefoil
49	Species  heterophyllum (Willd.) DC. common name: variable-leaf ticktrefoil
50	Species  humifusum (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck common name: eastern trailing ticktrefoil
51	Species  illinoense Gray common name: Illinois ticktrefoil
52	Species  incanum DC.
	53    Varietas  angustifolium Griseb. common name: zarzabacoa comun 54    Varietas  incanum common name: zarzabacoa comun
55	Species  intortum (P. Mill.) Urban common name: greenleaf ticktrefoil
56	Species  laevigatum (Nutt.) DC. common name: smooth ticktrefoil
57	Species  lindheimeri Vail common name: Lindheimer's ticktrefoil
58	Species  lineatum DC.
	59    Varietas  polymorphum Gray syn. Desmodium lineatum
60	Species  longifolium (Torr. & Gray) Smyth syn. Desmodium cuspidatum var. longifolium
61	Species  marilandicum (L.) DC. common name: smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil
62	Species  metcalfei (Rose & Painter) Kearney & Peebles common name: Metcalfe's ticktrefoil
63	Species  michauxii (Vail) Daniels syn. Desmodium rotundifolium
64	Species  molle (Vahl) DC. syn. Desmodium glabrum
65	Species  neomexicanum Gray common name: New Mexico ticktrefoil
66	Species  nudiflorum (L.) DC. common name: nakedflower ticktrefoil
67	Species  nuttallii (Schindl.) Schub. common name: Nuttall's ticktrefoil
68	Species  obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. common name: stiff ticktrefoil
69	Species  ochroleucum M.A. Curtis ex Canby common name: cream ticktrefoil
70	Species  ovalifolium Guillemin & Perrottet syn. Desmodium adscendens
71	Species  paniculatum (L.) DC.
	72    Varietas  angustifolium Torr. & Gray syn. Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum 73    Varietas  dillenii (Darl.) Isely syn. Desmodium perplexum 74    Varietas  epetiolatum Schub. common name: panicledleaf ticktrefoil 75    Varietas  paniculatum common name: panicledleaf ticktrefoil 76    Varietas  pubens Torr. & Gray syn. Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum
77	Species  pauciflorum (Nutt.) DC. common name: fewflower ticktrefoil
78	Species  perplexum Schub. common name: perplexed ticktrefoil
79	Species  procumbens (P. Mill.) A.S. Hitchc.
	80    Varietas  exiguum (Gray) Schub. common name: western trailing ticktrefoil 81    Varietas  procumbens common name: western trailing ticktrefoil
82	Species  psilocarpum Gray common name: Santa Cruz Island ticktrefoil
83	Species  psilophyllum Schlecht. common name: simpleleaf ticktrefoil
84	Species  purpureum (P. Mill.) Fawcett & Rendle syn. Desmodium tortuosum
85	Species  retinens Schlecht. common name: Santa Rita Mountain ticktrefoil
86	Species  rhombifolium auct. non Ell. syn. Desmodium fernaldii
87	Species  rigidum (Ell.) DC. syn. Desmodium obtusum
88	Species  rosei Schub. common name: Rose's ticktrefoil
89	Species  rotundifolium DC. common name: prostrate ticktrefoil
90	Species  sandwicense E. Mey. common name: Hawai'i ticktrefoil
91	Species  scopulorum S. Wats. common name: Sonoran ticktrefoil
92	Species  scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. common name: scorpion ticktrefoil
93	Species  sericophyllum Schldl. common name: ticktrefoil
94	Species  sessilifolium (Torr.) Torr. & Gray common name: sessileleaf ticktrefoil
95	Species  spirale DC. syn. Desmodium procumbens var. procumbens
96	Species  strictum (Pursh) DC. common name: pinebarren ticktrefoil
97	Species  supinum DC. syn. Desmodium incanum var. incanum
98	Species  sylvaticum Benth. syn. Desmodium procumbens var. procumbens
99	Species  tenuifolium Torr. & Gray common name: slimleaf ticktrefoil
100	Species  tortuosum (Sw.) DC. common name: dixie ticktrefoil
101	Species  triflorum (L.) DC. common name: threeflower ticktrefoil
102	Species  tweedyi Britt. common name: Tweedy's ticktrefoil
103	Species  uncinatum auct. non (Jacq.) DC. syn. Desmodium sandwicense
104	Species  viridiflorum (L.) DC. common name: velvetleaf ticktrefoil
105	Species  wigginsii Schub. syn. Desmodium scopulorum
106	Species  wislizeni Engelm. ex Gray syn. Desmodium retinens
107	Species  wrightii Gray syn. Desmodium psilophyllum
108	Species  wydlerianum Urban common name: Wydler's ticktrefoil

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.