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Hylodesmum
Sign in to saveHylodesmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, sometimes called ticktrefoils or tick-trefoils. It is sometimes treated as part of Desmodium. It includes 16 species native to eastern North America, sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, south, southeast, and eastern Asia, Malesia, and New Guinea.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- VT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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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. 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: Hylodesmum densum Hylodesmum duclouxii Hylodesmum glutinosum Hylodesmum lancangense Hylodesmum laterale Hylodesmum laxum Hylodesmum leptopus Hylodesmum longipes Hylodesmum menglaense Hylodesmum nudiflorum Hylodesmum oldhamii Hylodesmum pauciflorum Hylodesmum podocarpum Hylodesmum repandum Hylodesmum taiwanianum Hylodesmum williamsii
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hylodesmum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.