Desmodium axillare

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Common Names

Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Genus Desmodium

Herbs, undershrubs or shrubs , prostrate to erect . Leaf 1-5-foliolate, leaflets petiolulate , stipels 1 in lateral and 2 in terminal leaflet; stipules free or united , striate and ciliate . Inflorescence terminal or axillary , raceme or panicle or subumbellate. Bract striate and pubescent . Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lobe bifid, the lower 3 toothed or the calyx equally 5-lobed. Corolla exceeding the calyx. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous , 9+1, anthers uniform . Ovary sessile or stipitate , ovules 2 to many. Fruit sessile or stipitate, transversely jointed , articles variously shaped, glabrous to densely pubescent, hairs straight or hooked .

A genus with about 300-350 species distributed in tropical and temperate areas of the world except Europe, New Zealand.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Desmodium axillare /i> (Sw.) Dc.
2. Desmodium axillare var. genuinum Urb.
3. Desmodium axillare var. obtusifoliola (Kuntze)urb.
4. Desmodium radicans Macfad.
5. Desmodium reptans /i> (Poir.)dc.
6. Hedysarum axillare Sw.
7. Hedysarum reptans Poir.
8. Meibomia andina Rusby
9. Meibomia axillaris (Sw.) Kuntze
10. Meibomia axillaris (Sw.)kuntze
11. Meibomia axillaris var. obtusifoliolia Kuntze
12. Meibomia reptans (Poir.)kuntze
13. Nephromeria axillaris (Sw.)schindl.
14. Nephromeria axillaris var. obtusifoliola (Kuntze)schindl.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Prodr. 2:333. 1825

Name verified on 21-Feb-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Desmodium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 612 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

D. abyssinicum · D. acanthocladum · D. acrocarpum · D. acuminatum · D. adescendens · D. adscedens · D. adscendens (Zarzabacoa Galana) · D. adscendens var. orinocense · D. affine (Tick Trefoil) · D. akoense · D. alamanii · D. alatum · D. albiflorum · D. alysicarpoides · D. amans · D. ambiguum · D. amethystinum · D. amplifolium · D. ancistrocarpum · D. angustatum · D. angustifolium (Narrow-Leaf Tick-Trefoil) · D. angustifolium var. angustifolium · D. angustifolium var. gramineum · D. annuum · D. aparines · D. appressipilum · D. arbuscula · D. arechavaletae · D. arenarium · D. arenicola · D. argenteum · D. arinense · D. arizonicum (Arizona Tick Trefoil) · D. asperum · D. auricomum · D. auriculatum · D. australe · D. axilare · D. axillare (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. axillare acutifolium · D. axillare angustatum · D. axillare genuinum · D. axillare obtusifoliola · D. axillare sintenisii · D. axillare var. acutifolium (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. axillare var. axillare (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. axillare var. stoloniferum (Zarzabacoa De Monte) · D. baccatum · D. bambusetorum · D. barbatum (Zarzabacoa Peluda) · D. barbatum saulierei · D. barbatum subsp. saulierei · D. barbatum var. barbatum · D. barbatum var. dimorphum · D. barbatum var. procumbens · D. barbatum var. venustulum · D. barbigerum · D. barclayi · D. batocaulon (San Pedro Tick Trefoil) · D. bellum · D. benthamii · D. biarticulatum · D. bicolor · D. biflorum · D. bigelovii · D. bioculatum · D. bolsteri · D. boottii · D. brachypodum · D. brachystachyum · D. bracteatum · D. bracteosum · D. brevipes · D. bridgesii · D. brownii · D. buergeri · D. bullamense · D. caespitosum · D. caffrum · D. cajanifolium (Tropical Tick Trefoil) · D. callianthum · D. callilepis · D. campestre · D. campylocaulon · D. campyloclados · D. canadense (Canadian Tick-Trefoil) · D. canadense var. hirsutum · D. canadense var. longifolium · D. canaliculatum · D. canescens (Hoary Tick-Trefoil) · D. canescens var. hirsutum · D. canescens var. villosissimum · D. canum · D. capitatum · D. caripense · D. caudatum · D. cephalotes · D. cephalotoides · D. chamissonis · D. chartaceum

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Further Reading

• A Lavoura: boletim da Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura Brazileira. [Rio de Janeiro]: Sociedade Nacional de Agricultura, POR url p. 30.
• Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Mdicas, Fsicas y Naturales de la Habana. Habana, Academia de Ciencias Mdicas, Fsicas y Naturales de la Habana. SPA url p. 335.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, ENG url p. 260.
• Anexos das Memrias do Instituto de Butantan, Seco de Botnica. S. Paulo: Comp. Melhoramentos de S. Paulo, 1921-1922. POR url p. 34, p. 4.
• Auf einer Reise in Westindien und Südamerika gesammelte Pflanzen / von Therese, Prinzessin von Bayern; mit Diagnosen neuer Arten von Neger, Mez, Cogniaux, Briquet, Zahlbruckner und O. Hoffmann. Jena: G. Fischer, 1902. GER url p. 87.
• Flora of Costa Rica by Paul C. Standley Chicago, 1937. ENG url p. 533.
• Flora of Guatemala: families Leguminosae, Geraniaceae, Oxalidaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Linaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Burseraceae, Meliaceae, and Malpighiaceae / by Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1946. ENG url p. 222, p. 224.
• Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1943] ENG url p. 414, p. 419, p. 420.
• Flora voor de Nederlandsch West-Indische eilanden, door I. Boldingh Amsterdam, Druk. van J. H. de Bussy, 1913. DUT url p. 18, p. 220.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 526, p. 966.
• Lewis, G. P. & P. E. Owen. 1989. Legumes of the Ilha de Maraca. (Leg Maraca)
• Lewis, G. P. 1987. Legumes of Bahia. (Leg Bahia)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
• National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- ENG url p. 259.
• Plants in the Royal Botanical Gardens. [Trinidad: Scientific Association of Trinidad, 1869] ENG url p. 363.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 558, p. 844.
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
• Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands / New York Academy of Sciences. New York, N.Y.: The Academy, 1919- url p. 402.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Studies of American plants. by Paul C. Standley. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. ENG url p. 296.
• Symbolae Antillanae, seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis / edidit Ignatius Urban. Berolini: Fratres Borntraeger, 1898-1928. GER url p. 291, p. 294, p. 303.
• Systematische Untersuchungen ber die Vegetation der Karaiben, inbesondere der Insel Guadeloupe. Gttingen, Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, 1857. GER url p. 54.
• The Leguminosae of Porto Rico. By J. Perkins. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1907. ENG url p. 188.
• The flora of the American Virgin Islands / N.L. Britton. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1918. ENG url p. 54.
• The forests and flora of British Honduras / by Paul C. Standley and Samuel J. Record; in cooperation with the Conservator of Forests and the Agricultural Officer of the Colony. Chicago: [Field Museum of Natural History], 1936. ENG url p. 183.
• The transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. St. Louis: The Academy, 1860-1958. ENG url p. 413.
• Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis. [St. Louis, Academy of Science of St. Louis] ENG url p. 413.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 18 providers.
• ILDIS
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 29, 2008:

• Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad, Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, New York Botanical Garden
• SysTax, SysTax
• SysTax, Universidad de Costa Rica
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2666626
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-15756
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13636546
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:491595-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 13612
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 502011
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DEAX
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 34853

Footnotes

1. "Desmodium". in Flora of Pakistan Page 346. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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