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Desmodium velutinum - Habit of young plant - Click to enlarge!

Habit of young plant; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 11/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Desmodium velutinum - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; 11/2009 © Jingxin Liu

Dataset

Internal reference: 2109
Date of entry: 16.05.2013
Last update: 02.01.2014

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2515)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2414)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2045)

      Order: Fabales (232)

        Family: Fabaceae (232) (family description)

          Genus: Desmodium (9)

           Epithet: velutinum (Willd.) DC. (2)

velutinum => velvet-like, covered closely with short, soft hairs

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

External links

Check for Desmodium velutinum at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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