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December 2023

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Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.

This species name was first published in Prodr. 2: 332 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000177471.

Synonyms of Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Desmodium physocarpos Vogel Linnaea 12: 104 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000170343
Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 639 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000182302
Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000182303
Hedysarum purpureum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 6 (1768) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000182304
Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 107 (1788) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000182305
Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle Fl. Jamaica 4: 36 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000182306
Desmodium stipulaceum DC. Prodr. 2: 330 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000204749
Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 188 (1859) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000642249
Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053071
Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053105
Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC. Prodr. 2: 332 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053341
Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 2: 330 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001053667