Biology:Hylodesmum glutinosum

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Short description: Species of legume

Hylodesmum glutinosum
Hylodesmum glutinosum - Pointed Leaf Ticktrefoil.jpg
In Fairfax County, Virginia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Hylodesmum
Species:
H. glutinosum
Binomial name
Hylodesmum glutinosum
(Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
Synonyms
  • Hedysarum glutinosum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
  • Desmodium acuminatum (Michaux) de Candolle
  • Desmodium glutinosum (Mühlenberg ex Willdenow) Alph.Wood

Hylodesmum glutinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Common names include large tick-trefoil, clustered-leaved tick-trefoil, large-flowered tick-clover, pointed tick-trefoil, beggar's lice and pointed-leaved tick-trefoil.[1][2] It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.[3]

Taxonomy

First described in 1802 as Hedysarum glutinosum and sometimes considered part of the genus Desmodium, it was transferred to the new genus Hylodesmum (tribe Desmodieae) in 2000.[4]

References


Wikidata ☰ Q15537975 entry