Desmodium oldhamii Oliv. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Desmodium oldhamii Oliv.

Summary

Genus:

Desmodium

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Desmodieae

Subtribe:

Desmodiinae

Nomen number:

13655

Place of publication:

J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9:165. 1867

Verified:

02/24/1987 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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Hylodesmum oldhamii (Oliv.) H. Ohashi & R. R. Mill
Meibomia oldhamii (Oliv.) Kuntze
Podocarpium oldhamii (Oliv.) Y. C. Yang & P. H. Huang

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Reference(s)

Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica. Iconographia Cormophytorum Sinicorum. 1972-1976; suppl. 1982-1983
Isely, D. 1950. Desmodium: section Podocarpium Benth. Brittonia 7:197.
Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
Ohashi, H. & R. R. Mill. 2000. Hylodesmum, a new name for Podocarpium (Leguminosae). Edinburgh J. Bot. 57:180.
Ohashi, H. 1973. The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana 1:131.
Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
Verkholat, V. P. et al. 1995. On the records of Desmodium oldhamii (Fabaceae) in the Primorye Territory. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 80(7):108-109.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye]

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=13655. Accessed 2 May 2026.