Summary
Place of publication:
Symb. antill. 8:292. 1920 Feb 1 (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. jam. 4:34. 1920 Mar 25)
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
beggar-lice – green-leaf desmodium – green-leaf tick trefoil – French
desmodie – German
grünes Desmodium – Spanish
amor seco – desmodio verde – pega pega – Transcribed Chinese
niu qu shan ma huang –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Azuay | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Bolivar | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Carchi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Chimborazo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Cotopaxi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Esmeraldas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Imbabura | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Loja | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Los Rios | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Manabi | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Morona-Santiago | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Napo | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pastaza | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Pichincha | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Tungurahua | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Zamora-Chinchipe | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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MESOAMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador [Azuay, Bolivar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe], Peru
Naturalized
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:114. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13644.
Accessed 5 October 2024.