Desmodium, Desvaux, 1813

Jiang, Kai-Wen, Tian, Bin & Pan, Bo, 2022, Legume additions to the flora of China, Phytotaxa 532 (1), pp. 1-21 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.532.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5900837
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087D1-FFA4-FF96-FF06-FD97AB98FCBA
treatment provided by	Plazi (2022-01-25 08:45:39, last updated 2023-11-06 20:54:06)
scientific name	Desmodium
status	s. str.

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Key to Desmodium View in CoL View at ENA s. str. taxa naturalized in China:

1. Pods linear, slender; articles narrowly elliptic, ca. 3 × as long as wide ......................................................................... D. scorpiurus View in CoL

1. Pods narrowly oblong; articles orbicular, triangular or nearly so, nearly as long as wide or slightly longer ....................................2

2. Both sutures of pods constricted between articles, moniliform ...................................................................................... D. tortuosum View in CoL

2. Adaxial suture of pods straight or somewhat undulate, abaxial suture constricted between articles.................................................3

3. Adaxial surface of leaflet with a silvery plaque along the midvein ............................................................................... D. uncinatum View in CoL

3. Adaxial surface of leaflet without plaque.......................................................................................................................... D. intortum View in CoL