Phyllodium

Genus of legumes
title: "Phyllodium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["desmodieae", "fabaceae-genera", "taxa-named-by-nicaise-auguste-desvaux"] description: "Genus of legumes" topic_path: "general/desmodieae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllodium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of legumes ::
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Phyllodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, in the subfamily Faboideae, tribe Desmodieae and subtribe Desmodiinae. Species are found in tropical and subtropical Asia through to northern Australia.
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:
- Phyllodium elegans (Lour.) Desv.
- Phyllodium hackeri Pedley
- Phyllodium insigne Schindl.
- Phyllodium kurzianum (Kuntze) H.Ohashi
- Phyllodium longipes (Craib) Schindl.
- Phyllodium pulchellum (L.) Desv.
- Phyllodium vestitum Benth.
References
References
- (2018). "Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
- [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A23227-1 Plants of the World Online: ''Phyllodium'' Desv. (retrieved 12 March 2023)]
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