Desmodium tortuosum

Desmodium tortuosum, the twisted tick trefoil, dixie tick trefoil, tall tick clover, Florida beggarweed, and giant beggar weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.[2] It is native to Latin America, and widely introduced as a forage to much of the rest of the world's subtropics and tropics.[1][3]

Desmodium tortuosum
Leaves and seedpods
Flower
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Desmodium
Species:
D. tortuosum
Binomial name
Desmodium tortuosum
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Desmodium physocarpos Vogel
    • Desmodium pulcherrimum Shuttlew. ex Griseb.
    • Desmodium purpureum (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle
    • Desmodium stipulaceum DC.
    • Desmodium tortuosum var. hirtellum DC.
    • Hedysarum purpureum Mill.
    • Hedysarum stipulaceum Sessé ex DC.
    • Hedysarum tortuosum Sw.
    • Meibomia physocarpa (Vogel) Kuntze
    • Meibomia purpurea (Mill.) Vail
    • Meibomia stipulacea (DC.) Kuntze
    • Meibomia tortuosa (Sw.) Kuntze

References
  1. "Desmodium tortuosum (Sw.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. "Desmodium tortuosum (DEDTO)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. "Datasheet Desmodium tortuosum (Florida beggarweed)". Invasive Species Compendium. CAB International. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022.


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