Desmodium Glutinosum
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''Hylodesmum glutinosum'' is a
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the
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Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
. Common names include large tick-trefoil, clustered-leaved tick-trefoil, large-flowered tick-clover, pointed tick-trefoil, beggar's lice and pointed-leaved tick-trefoil. It occurs in eastern Canada, the central and eastern United States, and northeastern Mexico.


Taxonomy

First described in 1802 as ''
Hedysarum ''Hedysarum'' (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America. Description Species within genus ''Hedysarum'' may be h ...
glutinosum'' and sometimes considered part of the genus ''
Desmodium ''Desmodium'' is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time. Species are distr ...
'', it was transferred to the new genus ''
Hylodesmum ''Hylodesmum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, sometimes called ticktrefoils or tick-trefoils. It is sometimes treated as part of ''Desmodium ''Desmodium'' is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes ca ...
'' (tribe
Desmodieae The tribe (biology), tribe Desmodieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family (biology), family Fabaceae. It is composed of two subtribes, Desmodiinae and Lespedezinae. Recent phylogenetics has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae. G ...
) in 2000.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15537975 Desmodieae Flora of Northern America