Pleurolobus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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: Pleurolobus
Species: P. flexuosus – P. gangeticus – P. lobatus – P. pryonii – P. salicifolius – P. tanganyikensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pleurolobus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18. Reference page.

Name

Pleurolobus J.St.-Hil., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 192 (1812) emend. H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 93(3): 184. (2018)

Type species: Pleurolobus gangeticus (L.) J.St.-Hil. ex H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi, J. Jap. Bot. 93(3): 184. (2018)

Note: Pleurolobus is resurrected under ICN Art. 14.6 to accommodate combinations from Desmodium sect. Heteroloma Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 3: 83 (1844) (Ohashi & Ohashi, 2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Australia
- Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Extinct in:
  - Mauritius
Introduced into:
- Cook Is., Fiji, Jamaica, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago

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

References

Primary references

Saint-Hilaire, J.H.J., 1812. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, Publie par la Société Philomatique de Paris 3: 192
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. :

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pleurolobus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pleurolobus. Published online. Accessed: Nov 18 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pleurolobus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Nov 2020.
Hassler, M. 2020. Pleurolobus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 18. Reference page. as Desmodium as ILDIS (2014)