Desmodium intortum

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Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Desmodieae
Subtribus: Desmodiinae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: Desmodium intortum
Name

Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb., 1920
Synonyms

Desmodium adhaesivum Schltdl.
Desmodium aparines (Link) DC.
Desmodium intortum var. apiculatum B.G.Schub.
Desmodium nantouensis Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu
Desmodium sonorae A.Gray
Desmodium trigonum (Sw.) DC.
Hedysarum aparines Link
Hedysarum intortum Mill.
Hedysarum trigonum Sw.
Meibomia adhaesiva (Schltdl.) Kuntze
Meibomia aparines (Link) Schindl.
Meibomia balaensis Schindl.
Meibomia intorta (Mill.) S.F.Blake
Meibomia sonorae (A.Gray) Kuntze
Meibomia trigona Gandara

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Urban, I. 1920–1921. Symbolae Antillanae, seu, Fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis. Vol. 8. 860 pp. Fratres Borntraeger, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page. : 8:292.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Desmodium intortum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Desmodium intortum. Published online. Accessed: Nov 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Desmodium intortum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Desmodium intortum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
español: Pega pega, amor seco, cadillo, empanaditas.

Desmodium intortum, known as greenleaf desmodium and also as beggarlice along with other members of its genus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Desmodium, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the Galápagos, Haiti and Jamaica. A nitrogen-fixing fodder crop, it has been introduced to the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, India, Australia, New Guinea and Taiwan[2]

Desmodium intortum is used in push–pull agricultural pest management since it contains potent secondary metabolites that are released into the soil and aerially. Inter-cropped in maize and sorghum fields, it repels Chilo partellus, a stem-boring grass moth, and suppresses witchweeds, including Asiatic witchweed (Striga asiatica) and purple witchweed (S. hermonthica).[3]

References

Symb. Antill. 8: 292 (1920)
"Desmodium intortum L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
"The Plant Encyclopedia - Desmodium". The Plant Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17 January 2014.