Desmodium fernaldii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Desmodium |
Species: | D. fernaldii
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Binomial name | |
Desmodium fernaldii B.G.Schub.
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Desmodium fernaldii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [3] It is native to the southeastern United States.
Desmodium fernaldii is a herbaceous perennial plant.
Desmodium fernaldii was first described by the American botanist Bernice Schubert in 1950. [4] The specific name fernaldii honors American botanist Merritt Lyndon Fernald "whose intensive work on the flora of [Virginia] has clarified many floristic problems of long standing".
Desmodium fernaldii is a member of the Desmodium paniculatum complex, a group of closely related taxa that also includes Desmodium paniculatum sensu stricto, Desmodium glabellum, and Desmodium perplexum. [5] Alternatively, some botanists lump the taxa into a single polymorphic species, Desmodium paniculatum sensu lato, [6] [7] in which case Desmodium fernaldii becomes a variety of Desmodium paniculatum.
Desmodium fernaldii is native to the southeastern United States. [8]