Native to 36 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 62 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Stevens, W. D 31173

March 18, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Concepcion

-22.533611, -57.361667

Location Remarks

Estancia Garay Cuê, "Mirador" at top of a steep sandstone bluff with jumbled boulders; forest among rocks. 380 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Erect herb, 2 m tall, flowers purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Desmodium

Specific Epithet

tortuosum

Authorship

(Sw.) DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#232,582 of 335,497

Top 70%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →