Polhillides

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: Polhillides
Species: P. velutina
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Polhillides H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, 2019
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
French Guiana, Madagascar, Windward Is.

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

Ohashi, H. & Ohashi, K. 2019. Desmodium (Leguminosae Tribe Desmodieae) of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. Journal of Japanese Botany [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi] 94(3): 135-148. ResearchGate Reference page. : 94: 71

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Polhillides 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 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Polhillides. Published online. Accessed: Nov 22 2020.

Vernacular names