Desmodium tortuosum
Leaves and seedpods
Flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Desmodium
Species:
D. tortuosum
Binomial name
Desmodium tortuosum
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Desmodium physocarpos Vogel
    • Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb.
    • Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
    • Desmodium stipulaceum DC.
    • Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.
    • Hedysarum purpureum Mill.
    • Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC.
    • Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.
    • Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze
    • Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail
    • Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze
    • Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze

Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.[2] It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Desmodium tortuosum (DEDTO)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Datasheet Desmodium tortuosum (Florida beggarweed)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.


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