Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum
	Leaves and seedpods
	Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Desmodium
Species:	D. tortuosum
Binomial name
	Desmodium tortuosum; (Sw.) DC.
Synonyms
	List Desmodium physocarpos Vogel; Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb.; Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle; Desmodium stipulaceum DC.; Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.; Hedysarum purpureum Mill.; Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC.; Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.; Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze; Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail; Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze; Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze; ;

Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.^[2] It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Desmodium tortuosum (DEDTO)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Datasheet Desmodium tortuosum (Florida beggarweed)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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[1028008-2-1] "Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[DEDTO-2] "Desmodium tortuosum (DEDTO)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[3] "Datasheet Desmodium tortuosum (Florida beggarweed)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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