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Taxon:  Desmodium racemosum DC.



Summary
Genus:
Desmodium
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Desmodieae
Subtribe:
Desmodiinae
Nomen number:
13665
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:337. 1825 Nov
Comment:
since this name was originally based on Hedysarum racemosum Thunb., this was an illegitimate later homonym (non Aubl. 1775; Melbourne ICN Art. 53), so there is no parenthetical authorship (Melbourne ICN Art. 58)
Verified:
10/16/1989 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Asai, T. 1944. Über die Mykorrhizenbildung der Leguminosen-Pflanzen. Jap. J. Bot. 13:463-485.
  2. Isely, D. 1950. Desmodium: section Podocarpium Benth. Brittonia 7:214.
  3. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  4. Ohashi, H. 1973. The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana 1:150.
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13665. Accessed 2 May 2026.

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