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, Adenantheroxylon, Gleditsioxylon, Brachystegioxylon, Aeschynomene, Amorpha, Astragalus, Fontainea, Micropodium, Leucaena, Adelocercis, Bauhinites, Papilionaceophyllum, Gleditschites, Cladrastis, Colutea, Fichtelites, Cottaites, Diphysa, Acacioxylon, Wisteria, Enantiophyllites, Tamarindoxylon, Ungerites, Phaca, Leguminoxylon, Martyia, Berlinioxylon, Vicia, Cassioxylon, Ervites, Caesalpinaceae, Leguminosites, Mimosaceoxylon, Bauhinioxylon, Desmodophyllum, Caesalpinioideae, Cytisus, Palaeolobium, Leguminocarpum, Tetrapleuroxylon, Strongylodon, Lespedeza, Pycnolobium, Vouapa, Robinoxylon, Campylotropis, Erythrophleum, Albizia, Schmidites, Diphyllites, Pterogynoxylon, Pisum, Andiroxylon, Taenioxylon, Zittelia, Gymnocladus, Erythrophloeoxylon, Polyadopollenites, Dalbergiophyllum, Diplophyllum, Dalbergioxylon, Dichrostachyoxylon, Pterocarpoxylon, Podalyriophyllum, Faboidea, Thermopsis, Caesalpinioxylon, Ingophyllum, Albizzioxylon, Felixia, Mimosoxylon, Inga, Falcicutis, Cynometrophyllum

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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