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Desmodium indentum

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Taxonomy
Desmodium indentum was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. holotype no. 2250. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. microphyllum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Desmodium indentum MacGinitie p. 131 figs. Plate 30, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusDesmodiumDesvaux 1813
speciesindentum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Desmodium indentum MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available