PLANTS Profile for Desmodium incanum (zarzabacoa comun)

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PLANTS Profile

Desmodium incanum DC.
zarzabacoa comun

Symbol:

DEIN3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		N
VI		N


Other common names:
	kaimi clover

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. West Indies. Usage Requirements.

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Desmodium incanum DC.

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Distribution:
Desmodium incanum DC.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, GA, HI, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Desmodium incanum DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 76 species in Desmodium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Desmodium incanum DC. var. angustifolium Griseb.. .

Desmodium incanum var. angustifolium
zarzabacoa comun

Distribution of Desmodium incanum DC. var. incanum. . Image Available.

Desmodium incanum var. incanum
zarzabacoa comun

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Desmodium incanum DC.

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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 incanum DC. – zarzabacoa comun

Introduced Information:
Desmodium incanum DC.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Desmodium incanum DC.

View species account, photographs, 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 25804.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 10:32 PM CST