Desmodium tortuosum
Florida Beggarweed
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Desmodium tortuosum (Swartz)
SYNONYMS: Desmodium purpureum; Hedysarum tortuosum
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); FABACEAE
Vouchers:
Mangaia: specimen, weedy near a road, A.Whistler, the only specimen known.
References:
p.669 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.451 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.375 Hortus 3rd
p.3/191 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02
McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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