Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Fabaceae Lindl.
Desmodium Desv. , nom. cons. , scientific
Desvaux, N.A. in Desvaux, N.A. (ed.) (1813) , Precis des caracteres de plusieurs genres de la famille des Legumineuses. Journal de Botanique, Appliquee l'Agriculture, a la Pharmacie, a la Medicine et aux Arts 1(2)
122, pl. 5 (fig. 15).
[tax. nov.]
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1825) , Leguminosae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 2
337
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2
229
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Nicolsonia DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dicerma DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrolobium (Benth. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
40
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phyllodium Desv. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dicerma DC. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteroloma Desv. ex Benth. nom. illeg.
Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903) , Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum
356
[basionym]
basionym of:
Meibomia sect. Desmodium (Kuntze legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
97, 120-121
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
139
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1913) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1
127, 200
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
From the Greek desmos (a chain), referring to the jointed chain-like pods.
Curtis, W.M. (1956) , The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1
162-163
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
247
[secondary reference]
Knaap-van Meeuwen, M.S. (1962) , Preliminary revisions of some genera of Malaysian Papilionaceae V - a census of the genus Desmodium. Reinwardtia 6(3)
239-276
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
232
[secondary reference]
Ohashi, H. (15 February 1973) , The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana, contributions to the flora of Asia and the Pacific Region 1
87-251
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975) , Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1
166
[secondary reference]
Stafleu, F.A. (1978) , International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Leningrad, 1975. Regnum Vegetabile 97
312
[secondary reference]
nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1978) No. 3807).
Crisp, M.D. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Papilionaceae (Fabaceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia
175
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
120
[secondary reference]
Voss, E.G. (1983) , International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Sydney, 1981. Regnum Vegetabile 111
363
[secondary reference]
Type:
Desmodium scorpiurus (Sw.) Desv. (typ. cons. )
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984) , Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1
307-310, 312
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.L. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales 2
410
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
196, 210
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Hanslia Schindl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Holtzea Schindl. legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). Flora of the Kimberley Region
392-394
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993) , Fabaceae. Flora of Australia 50
214
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
178-179
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995) , Flora of the Darwin Region 2
66-69
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3
670
[secondary reference]
Pedley, L. (25 January 1999) , Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5(2)
225
[secondary reference]
Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000) , Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia
97
[secondary reference]
Gardner, C.L., James, T.A. & Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Desmodium. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2
575
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest
208
[secondary reference]
Ohashi, H. (2004) , Taxonomy and distribution of Desmodium and related genera (Leguminosae) in Malesia (I). Journal of Japanese Botany 79(2)
116
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
264
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meibomia Fabr. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Perrottetia DC. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
APC Dist.:
CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW, NI (naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Meibomia Fabr. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Desmodium sect. Eudesmodium DC. nom. inval.
APC Comment:
Circumscription of Desmodium in Qld includes Codariocalyx , Desmodiopsis , Grona , Hanslia , Leptodesmia , Oxytes , Pedleya , Pleurolobus and Pullenia . Circumscription of Desmodium in Vic includes Oxytes and Pullenia .
APC Dist.:
WA (naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas
