Hylodesmum Explained

Hylodesmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, sometimes called ticktrefoils or tick-trefoils. It is sometimes treated as part of Desmodium.[1] It includes 16 species native to eastern North America, sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, south, southeast, and eastern Asia, Malesia, and New Guinea.

Species

Species in Hylodesmum include:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genus Desmodium . ildis.org . International Legume Database & Information Service.
  2. Song . Zhu-Qiu . Yao . Gang . Pan . Bo . Li . Jian-Wu . Huang . Xiang-Xu . Tan . Yun-Hong . Xu . Dong-Xian . Return Verdesmum menglaense to the genus Hylodesmum (Fabaceae) based on morphological and molecular evidence . PhytoKeys . 28 June 2019 . 126 . 1–12. 10.3897/phytokeys.126.34599 . free . 31303811 . 6611757 .