Desmodium Fernaldii
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''Desmodium fernaldii'' is a
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of
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in the
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Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
. It is native to the southeastern United States.


Description

''Desmodium fernaldii'' is a
herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of ...
perennial plant In horticulture, the term perennial (''wikt:per-#Prefix, per-'' + ''wikt:-ennial#Suffix, -ennial'', "through the year") is used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annual plant, annuals and biennial plant, biennials. It has thus been d ...
.


Taxonomy

''Desmodium fernaldii'' was first described by the American botanist Bernice Schubert in 1950. The specific name ''fernaldii'' honors American botanist
Merritt Lyndon Fernald Merritt Lyndon Fernald (October 5, 1873 – September 22, 1950) was an American botanist. He was a respected scholar of the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America. During his ...
"whose intensive work on the flora of irginiahas clarified many floristic problems of long standing". ''Desmodium fernaldii'' is a member of the ''Desmodium paniculatum'' complex, a group of closely related
taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...
that also includes '' Desmodium paniculatum'' ''
sensu stricto ''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law. Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular c ...
'', '' Desmodium glabellum'', and '' Desmodium perplexum''. Alternatively, some botanists lump the taxa into a single polymorphic species, ''Desmodium paniculatum'' ''
sensu lato ''Sensu'' is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of". It is used in a number of fields including biology, geology, linguistics, semiotics, and law. Commonly it refers to how strictly or loosely an expression is used in describing any particular co ...
'', in which case ''Desmodium fernaldii'' becomes a variety of ''Desmodium paniculatum''.


Distribution and habitat

''Desmodium fernaldii'' is native to the southeastern United States.


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Bibliography

* * fernaldii Plants described in 1950 Taxa named by Bernice Giduz Schubert {{Faboideae-stub