Desmodium Desvaux 1813 (legume)

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Parent taxon: Leguminosae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996

See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Acacia, Aeschynomenoxylon, Afzelia, Albizinium, Archidendron, Baphioxylon, Baphioxylon, Barnebydendron, Bauhinia, Bauhinioxylon, Berlinia, Butea, Caesalpinia, Callerya, Canavalia, Cassia, Cassinium, Ceratonia, Cercidoideae, Copaifera, Crotalaria, Cynometra, Dalbergia, Derris, Dewevrea, Dialium, Dialiumoxylon, Dussia, Ebenopsis, Entada, Erichsenia, Erythrina, Euacacioxylon, Faboideae, Hedysareae, Hoffmannseggia, Hopeoxylon, Humboldtia, Indigofera, Ingoxylon, Isoberlinioxylon, Kingiodendron, Koompassia, Koompassioxylon, Leguminocarpon, Leguminophyllum, Listia, Macrolobium, Margocolporites, Mezcala, Millettia, Millettioxylon, Mimosoideae, Mora, Mucuna, Myrtacidites, Neoapaloxylon, Neonotonia, Ohashia, Ohwia, Ormosia, Ormosioxylon, Ougenioxylon, Oxylobium, Pahudioxylon, Paracacioxylon, Parapiptadenia, Peltophoroxylon, Pericopsoxylon, Phaeoceros, Phaseolus, Philenoptera, Pongamia, Praedapollis, Pterocarpus, Pueraria, Rothia, Samanea, Sesbania, Sindora, Spathionema, Spirosyncolpites, Tadehagi, Tephrosia, Vatairea, Wagatea, Whitfordiodendron, Pterogynoxylon, Papilionaceophyllum, Fontainea, Dichrostachyoxylon, Campylotropis, Albizzioxylon, Bauhinites, Amorpha, Diphyllites, Cynometrophyllum, Inga, Enantiophyllites, Leucaena, Felixia, Faboidea, Falcicutis, Taenioxylon, Acacioxylon, Caesalpinioxylon, Diphysa, Fichtelites, Vouapa, Wisteria, Micropodium, Thermopsis, Brachystegioxylon, Berlinioxylon, Cladrastis, Albizia, Caesalpinaceae, Erythrophloeoxylon, Mimosoxylon, Caesalpinioideae, Robinoxylon, Strongylodon, Pycnolobium, Dalbergiophyllum, Gleditschites, Diplophyllum, Leguminocarpum, Astragalus, Martyia, Tetrapleuroxylon, Ungerites, Ingophyllum, Pterocarpoxylon, Cottaites, Schmidites, Leguminosites, Vicia, Adelocercis, Andiroxylon, Aeschynomene, Polyadopollenites, Phaca, Palaeolobium, Lespedeza, Desmodophyllum, Cytisus, Bauhinioxylon, Pisum, Gleditsioxylon, Dalbergioxylon, Mimosaceoxylon, Cassioxylon, Leguminoxylon, Ervites, Gymnocladus, Erythrophleum, Tamarindoxylon, Podalyriophyllum, Zittelia, Colutea, Adenantheroxylon

Subtaxa: Desmodium gangeticum Desmodium indentum Desmodium latifolium Desmodium laxiflorum Desmodium nutans Desmodium podocarpum Desmodium tiliaefolium

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (3 collections)

• Pliocene of China (1), India (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene of China (2)

• Eocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 9 collections including 16 occurrences

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