Phyllodium Explained

Phyllodium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae,^[1] in the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Desmodieae and subtribe Desmodiinae. Species are found in tropical and subtropical Asia through to northern Australia.

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:^[2]

1. Phyllodium elegans (Lour.) Desv.
2. Phyllodium hackeri Pedley
3. Phyllodium insigne Schindl.
4. Phyllodium kurzianum (Kuntze) H.Ohashi
5. Phyllodium longipes (Craib) Schindl.
6. Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.
7. Phyllodium vestitum Benth.

Notes and References

1. Jabbour . Florian . Gaudeul . Myriam . Lambourdière . Josie . Ramstein . Guillaume . Hassanin . Alexandre . Labat . Jean-Noël . Sarthou . Corinne . 2018 . Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 118 . 108–121 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017 . 28966123 . 2018MolPE.118..108J . 3669840 . English . 1055-7903.
2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A23227-1 Plants of the World Online: Phyllodium Desv. (retrieved 12 March 2023)