Desmodium ospriostreblum Chiov.

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

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Other names:

• Desmodium tortuosum sensu Hepper,p.p. [Misapplied] [210][212]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561]
  • Cameroon [8]
  • Cape Verde [210]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [210]
  • Ethiopia [210]
  • Ghana [210]
  • Malawi [210]
  • Mali [561]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [210]
  • Senegal [210]
  • Sierra Leone [210]
  • Sudan [29]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Zambia [210]
  • Zimbabwe [210]

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Notes:

• Doubtful record from Togo (Ern; ref.23).
  
• May be of American origin (Verdcourt 1974 ref.237)
  
• Scarcely differs from D.procumbens(Miller)Hitchc. (Verdcourt 1974 ref.237).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:55:29