Desmodium laxiflorum DC.
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Filed As
Fabaceae
Desmodium laxiflorum DC. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 4805024
Occurrence ID: c7d6e0e5-d978-4965-85c6-7fb88da372fe
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
MrlìJ* ILL: SPECIES DLANCOANAE' 175« De Brood ium laxiflorum $0« Hlppoerepis oomosa Blanco, non Linn. Desmodium dirersifolium non DO* Hippocrepis comosa Blanco PL Filip. (1837) 584, non Linn.=Desmodium diversifolium Blancod. c. ed. 2 (1845) 408; ed. 3, 2 (1879) 384, non DC. = DESMODIUM LAXIFLORUM DC. This species was reduced by Feraandez-Villar to Desmodium gangeticum DC., in which, in part, he was perhaps correct. Blanco describes his plant as having sometimes simple leaves, but more often 3-foliolate ones. There is nothing in the descrip- tion that definitely determines just what form he intended, but as D. laxiflorum DC. is common and widely distributed in the Philippines at low altitudes, and as there is nothing in Blanco’s description that does not agree with the species, except the statement “hojas unas veces simples,” the present identification of Blanco’s species is assumed. The form with simple leaves included by Blanco was proV.bly Desmodium gangeticum DC. Illustrative specimen from Antipolo, Rizal Province, Luzon, November, 1914 (Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 175). 04805024
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Desmodium laxiflorum DC.