New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Desmodium

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Last Modified 01/18/2012

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Nomenclature

 

List of Desmodium Species

Desmodium canadense Desmodium canescens Desmodium ciliare Desmodium cuspidatum Desmodium glabellum/perplexum complex Desmodium glutinosum Desmodium humifusum Desmodium laevigatum Desmodium marilandicum Desmodium nudiflorum Desmodium nuttallii Desmodium obtusum Desmodium paniculatum Desmodium pauciflorum Desmodium rotundifolium Desmodium strictum Desmodium viridifolium Desmodium sessilifolium

References to Desmodium

  • Bryant, F. C. et.al. 1996. Diets of female white-tailed deer in the cross-timbers region. Prairie Naturalist 28: 125-140.
  • Floyd, B. W.; Noble, R. D. 1980. Intraseasonal variation in chlorophyll content and chloroplast ultrastructure of selected plant species in a deciduous forest. Canad. J. Bot. 58: 1504-19.
  • Huang, J.; Boerner, R. E. J. 2008. Shifts in morphological traits, seed production, and early establishment of Desmodium nudiflorum following prescribed fire, alone or in combination with forest canopy thinning. Botany 86: 376-384.
  • Isley, D. 1953. Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. and D. viridiflorum (L.) DC. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 49: 920-933.
  • Robinson, B. L. 1908. Notes on the vascular plants of the northeastern United States. Rhodora 10: 29-35.
  • Skogen, K. A. et.al. 2010. Dormancy, small seed size and low germination rates contribute to low recruitment in Desmodium cuspidatum (Fabaceae). J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 137: 355-365.