Hylodesmum

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Hylodesmum Ohashi & R.R.Mill
FABACEAE
TICKTREFOIL
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Classification

FABALES
Hylodesmum

Citation

HYLODESMUM Ohashi & R. R. Mill, Edinburgh J. Bot. 57: 173. 2000.
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TYPE: Hylodesmum podocarpum (de Candolle) Ohashi & R. R. Mill (Desmodium podocarpum de Candolle) Replacement name for Podocarpium (Bentham) Yen C. Yang & P. H. Huang 1979, non Unger 1864.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Hylodesmum glutinosum POINTEDLEAF TICKTREFOIL Native
Hylodesmum nudiflorum NAKEDFLOWER TICKTREFOIL Native
Hylodesmum pauciflorum FEWFLOWER TICKTREFOIL Native

Identification Key

1.  Leaves alternate with well-spaced internodes 1.5-5 cm long; inflorescence often axillary and terminal; corolla white
H. pauciflorum
1.  Leaves subverticillate, tightly clustered in a 1-2 cm region; inflorescence appearing only terminal; corolla pink to purple, rarely white
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2.  Leaflets long-acuminate at the tip; inflorescence terminal from the leafy stem
H. glutinosum
2.  Leaflets obtuse to shortly acuminate at the tip; inflorescence on a separate, usually leafless stem borne from the base of the leafy stem
H. nudiflorum

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Podocarpium Podocarpium (Bentham) Yen C. Yang & P. H. Huang, Bull. Bot. Lab. N.-E. Forest. Inst., Harbin. 4: 1. 1979, non Unger 1864. TYPE: Podocarpium podocarpum (de Candolle) Yen C. Yang & P. H. Huang (Desmodium podocarpum de Candolle) = Hylodesmum Ohashi & R. R. Mill 2000. BASIONYM: Desmodium Desvaux, sect. Podocarpium Bentham, in Miquel, Pl. Jungh. 226. 1852.