PLANTS Profile for Desmodium glutinosum (pointedleaf ticktrefoil)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood
pointedleaf ticktrefoil

Symbol:

DEGL5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48		N
CAN		N

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Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood

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Synonyms:
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood

	DEAC2	Desmodium acuminatum (Michx.) DC.
	MEAC2	Meibomia acuminata (Michx.) S.F. Blake
	MEGR6	Meibomia grandiflora auct. non (Walter) Kuntze

Distribution:
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium

Classification:
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Desmodium Desv. – ticktrefoil
Species	Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood – pointedleaf ticktrefoil

More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Alph. Wood

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25800.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 10:04 PM CDT