Taxon:
Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:334. 1825
Verified:
02/24/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Desmodium+heterophyllum&quantity=1
- Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
- Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
- Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource). http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
- Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
- Ohashi, H. 1973. The Asiatic species of Desmodium and its allied genera (Leguminosae). Ginkgoana 1:239.
- Pedley, L. 1999. Desmodium Desv. (Fabaceae) and related genera in Australia: a taxonomic revision. Austrobaileya 5:236. Note: re. Australian distribution
- Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
- 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 4:110-112. http://proseanet.org
- Verdcourt, B. A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
- Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
- Zhu, X. Y. et al. Legumes of China: a checklist. 2007
Common names
English
hetero – Spanish-clover – Japanese Rōmaji
kawariba-makie-hagi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Micronesia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Northern Mariana Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands (s.)], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Naturalized
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji, Solomon Islands
Economic Uses
Animal food
Environmental
erosion control (fide Pl Res SEAs 4:110. 1992) –