Grona

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: Grona
Species: G. adscendens – G. appressipila – G. auricoma – G. barbata – G. birmannica – G. brachystachya – G. brevipedicellata – G. brownii – G. caffra – G. cordifolia – G. ferruginea – G. filiformis – G. flagellaris – G. fulvescens – G. glareosa – G. griffithiana – G. hannii – G. harmsii – G. helenae – G. heterocarpos – G. heterophylla – G. hirta – G. jucunda – G. juruenensis – G. muelleri – G. nemorosa – G. orinocensis – G. pullenii – G. pycnotricha – G. ramosissima – G. retroflexa – G. rubra – G. schubertiae – G. schweinfurthii – G. setigera – G. stolzii – G. strigillosa – G. styracifolia – G. tiwiensis – G. trichostachya – G. triflora – G. vidalii – G. wittei – G. wynaadensis – G. zenkeri
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Grona 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.

Name

Grona Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 459. (1790) emend. Ohashi & Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 93(2): 112. (2018)

Type species: Grona repens Lour. (1790) = Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 93(2): 112. (2018)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Desmodium sect. Nicolsonia (DC.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 222, adnot. (1852)
Desmodium sect. Sagotia (Duchass. & Walp.) Benth., Pl. Jungh. [Miquel] 2: 222, adnot. (1852)
Perrottetia DC., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 95 (1825), nom. illeg. hom. non Perrottetia Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 7(31): 57 (ed. fol.); 73 (ed. qto.) (1824) (Dipentodontaceae)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics
Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Socotra, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Gilbert Is, Hawaii, Marianas, Nauru, Niue, Seychelles, Society Is., Tuamotu

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Loureiro, J. de. 1790. Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliae observatae in Sinensi Imperio, Africa orientali, Indiaeque locis variis. Omnes dispositae secundum systema sexuale linnaeanum. Tomus I. Pp. I–XX, 1–353. Typis, et expensis academicis, Ulyssipone [Lisbon]. BHL Reference page. : 459.
Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2018. Grona, a genus separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae). Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(2): 104–120. Abstract Reference page.

Additional references

Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Ikeda, T., Izumi, H., Kobayashi, H., Muragaki, H., Nata, K., Sato, N. & Suzuki, M. 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for a new classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(3): 165-189. ResearchGate Reference page.
Ohashi, K., Ohashi, H., Nemoto, T., Abe, C., Kotani, H., Nata, K., Ohtake, H. & Yamamoto, K., 2018. Phylogenetic analyses for classification of the Desmodium group of Leguminosae tribe Desmodieae 2. two new genera separated from Desmodium and two new combinations in Grona and Sohmaea. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 93(5): 293-306. ResearchGate Reference page.
Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2020. Systematic Position of Desmodium vidalii (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) and Distribution of Desmodium in Indochina. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 95(1): 1-8. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Grona 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. Grona. Published online. Accessed: Nov 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Grona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18.

Vernacular names
English: Tick Trefoils

Grona is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae. Its native range is worldwide tropics and subtropics.[1][2]
Taxonomy

The genus is placed in subfamily Faboideae and tribe Desmodieae. It was previously included in its relative Desmodium.[2][3]

There are about 44 species in the genus[1]:

Grona adscendens (Sw.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona appressipila (B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona auricoma (Graham ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona barbata (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona birmannica (Watt ex Prain) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona brachystachya (Graham ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona brevipedicellata (W.Saisorn, Chantar. & Balslev) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona brownii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona caffra (E.Mey.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona cordifolia (Harms) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona ferruginea (Wall. ex Thwaites) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona filiformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona flagellaris (Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona fulvescens (B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona glareosa (Pedley) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona griffithiana (Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona hannii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona harmsii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona helenae (Buscal. & Muschl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona heterocarpos (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona heterophylla (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona hirta (Guill. & Perr.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona jucunda (Thwaites) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona juruenensis (Hoehne) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona muelleri (Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona nemorosa (F.Muell. ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona orinocensis (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona pullenii (Pedley) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona pycnotricha (Pedley) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona ramosissima (G.Don) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona retroflexa (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona rubra (Lour.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona schubertiae (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona schweinfurthii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona setigera (E.Mey.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona stolzii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona strigillosa (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona styracifolia (Osbeck) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona tiwiensis (Pedley) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona trichostachya (Benth.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona triflora (L.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona wittei (B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona wynaadensis (Bedd. ex Gamble) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi
Grona zenkeri (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

References

"Grona Lour". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
"Grona Lour". Tropicos. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
Ohashi, Hiroyoshi; Ohashi, Kazuaki (April 2018). "Grona, a Genus Separated from Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae)" (PDF). The Journal of Japanese Botany. 93 (2): 104–120.