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Species of flowering plant

Desmodium fernaldii
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: D. fernaldii
Binomial name
Desmodium fernaldii
B.G.Schub.

Desmodium fernaldii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States.

Description

Desmodium fernaldii is a herbaceous perennial plant.

Taxonomy

Desmodium fernaldii was first described by the American botanist Bernice Schubert in 1950. The specific name fernaldii honors American botanist Merritt Lyndon Fernald "whose intensive work on the flora of has clarified many floristic problems of long standing".

Desmodium fernaldii is a member of the Desmodium paniculatum complex, a group of closely related taxa that also includes Desmodium paniculatum sensu stricto, Desmodium glabellum, and Desmodium perplexum. Alternatively, some botanists lump the taxa into a single polymorphic species, Desmodium paniculatum sensu lato, in which case Desmodium fernaldii becomes a variety of Desmodium paniculatum.

Distribution and habitat

Desmodium fernaldii is native to the southeastern United States.

References

  1. "Desmodium fernaldii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. "Desmodium fernaldii B.G.Schub.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. "Desmodium fernaldii B.G.Schub.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. Schubert (1950), pp. 147–148.
  5. Thomas (2020), pp. 29–30.
  6. Ohashi, Hiroyoshi (June 2013). "New combinations in North American Desmodium (Leguminosae: Tribe Desmodieae)". The Journal of Japanese Botany. 88 (3): 166–175. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. JIN, Dong-Pil; KIM, Jung-Hyun; SIM, Sunhee; SUH, Hwa-Jung; KIM, Jin-Seok (2021). "New record of an alien plant, Desmodium paniculatum (Fabaceae), in Korea based on a morphological examination and DNA barcoding". Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy. 51 (2): 133–140. doi:10.11110/kjpt.2021.51.2.133.
  8. "Desmodium fernaldii". State-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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Desmodium fernaldii
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