Desmodium barbatum (L.)Benth.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Desmodium Desv.
Tribe: Desmodieae
References: [210]

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Other names:

• Desmodium barbatum (L.)Benth. Subsp. dimorphum (Baker)Laundon [Synonym] [210]
  
• Desmodium coeruleo-violaceum DC. [Synonym] [1414]
  
• Desmodium dimorphum Baker [Synonym] [210]
  
• Hedysarum barbatum L. [Synonym] [1056][1243][1290][1408][1414][1430][1470]
  
• Meibomia barbata (L.)Kuntze [Synonym] [1103][1430][1414][1290][1243]
  
• Nicolsonia barbata (L.)DC. [Synonym] [1243][1430][1408][1290]
  
• Nicolsonia cayennensis DC. [Synonym] [1408]
  
• Nicolsonia major Steudel [Synonym] [1290]
  
• Nicolsonia radicans Steudel [Synonym] [1290]
  
• Perrottetia barbata (L.)DC. [Synonym] [1243]
  
• Urania barbata (L.)Desv. [Synonym] [1243]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561] [2301]
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Burundi [210]
  • Cameroon [210]
  • Ethiopia [212]
  • Gabon [16]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Ivory Coast [2301]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Malawi [210]
  • Mali [561]
  • Mozambique [210]
  • Namibia-ISO [260]
  • Nigeria [210]
  • Rwanda [210]
  • South Africa [210]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [210]
  • Zimbabwe [210]

• Caribbean
  • Caribbean-TRP [1056] [1290] [1430] [1470]

• Central America
  • Costa Rica [1367]
  • Guatemala [1408]
  • Mexico [1188] [1470]
  • Panama [1243]

• Indian Ocean
  • Madagascar [210]

• South America
  • Argentina [1443]
  • Bolivia [1289]
  • Brazil [1103] [1231] [1233] [1414] [1443]
  • Ecuador [1229]
  • French Guiana [1408]
  • Paraguay [1443]

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Notes:

• 4 vars;barbatum,dimorphum,procumbens,argyreum;study needed (FTEA ref.210).
  
• One collection by MaŚtre exists labelled from 'Bourbon'(old name for Reunion). [1915]
  
• Most MaŚtre collections labelled 'Bourbon' are from Madagascar(Polhill, 1990). [1915]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:22