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Hylodesmum
Genus of legumes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hylodesmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, sometimes called ticktrefoils[3] or tick-trefoils.[4] It is sometimes treated as part of Desmodium.[5] It includes 16 species native to eastern North America, sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, south, southeast, and eastern Asia, Malesia, and New Guinea.[2]
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Hylodesmum nudiflorum, nakedflower ticktrefoil | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Desmodieae |
Subtribe: | Desmodiinae |
Genus: | Hylodesmum H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (2000)[1] |
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