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Taxon

Desmodium axillare (Sw.) DC.

Protologue Prodr. 2: 333. 1825 [mid Nov 1825]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Desmodium axillare, AAraujoM1202--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 255.jpg

Desmodium axillare, AAraujoM1202--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 255.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Desmodium axillare, AAraujoM1202--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 254.jpg

Desmodium axillare, AAraujoM1202--Bolivia. Pq. Nac. Madidi. Rio Tuichi, San Jose de Uchup. 29 Nov 04. 254.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 34 botanical countries across 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

Araujo Murakami, A 1202

November 28, 2004

Location

Bolivia, La Paz, Abel Iturralde (Apolo)

-14.444722, -67.884722

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Madidi, laguna Chalalan, río Yariapo. Bosque amazonico ribereño con Cecropia spp, Caliandra sp., Neea spp., Garcinia spp. y Jacaratia digitata.

Collectors

Alejandro Araujo-Murakami, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Paola Gismondi, Tatiana B. Miranda

Notes

Hierba 0,3 m; flores rosadas.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Desmodium

Specific Epithet

axillare

Authorship

(Sw.) DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

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

#253,571 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →