Desmodium adscendens (Swartz 1788: 106) Candolle 1825: 332
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.501.2.2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DB87E7-FF8D-FFC8-92CA-E84B1625F821 |
treatment provided by |
Marcus |
scientific name |
Desmodium adscendens (Swartz 1788: 106) Candolle 1825: 332 |
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20. Desmodium adscendens (Swartz 1788: 106) Candolle 1825: 332 View in CoL . ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 )
Distribution: It occurs in Asia, Africa and the Americas where it occurs from Mexico to Argentina ( Vanni 2001); in Brazil it occurs throughout the country with the exception of the Distrito Federal ( Flora do Brasil 2020). In ParNa Iguaçu it occurs in the Foz do Iguaçu area.
Reproductive period: According to Lima et al. (2014) it flowers and fruits throughout the year. In ParNa Iguaçu it was found in flower in December and February.
Diagnostic characteristics: Prostrate subshrubs with pinnate, trifoliolate leaves, lanceolate stipules that are not concrescent, whitish-lilac flowers, loment with 2–5 oblong articles.
Conservation: Naturalized-NE.
Selected examined material: BRAZIL. Paraná: Area 3, Foz do Iguaçu , 13 December 2018, (fl.), M.G. Caxambu 8813 ( HCF) .
HCF |
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná |
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