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Pleurolobus
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Pleurolobus

Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant 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.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

sal-leaved desmodium

speciesPleurolobus gangeticus

Pleurolobus salicifolius

speciesPleurolobus salicifolius

Pleurolobus tanganyikensis

speciesPleurolobus tanganyikensis

Pleurolobus pryonii

speciesPleurolobus pryonii

Pleurolobus lobatus

speciesPleurolobus lobatus

Pleurolobus flexuosus

speciesPleurolobus flexuosus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1069801.