CHR 517473 – Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 517473
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 October 1998
Database record updated:
16 November 2007
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Determiner:
Channel S
Identification date:
1998-02-20 (Verbatim: 20-FEB-1998)
Preferred name:
Desmodium triflorum (L.) DC.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aneityum
Verbatim locality:
Aneityum
Verbatim collector:
Lambrechtsen NC 5
Standardised collector:
N. C. Lambrechtsen
Verbatim date:
12-FEB-1998
Start date:
1998-02-12
Country:
Vanuatu
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 40m
Habitat:
Growing along vehicle and cattle track in Pinus caribaea plantation.
Abundance:
Common
Keywords:
Anthropic; Dry; Eroded; Hill; Lava; Open; Shortforest(2.5-20m); Slope; Track
Notes:
Established from cattle faeces. Quite common in slightly shaded places along track margins. Growing with various grasses and other weed-like herbaceous plants. Leaflets slightly hairy below and along margins. Stipules very pointed; about 4mm. Don't appear to be hairy. Nodules not pink but plant darker green than others nearby . Forms roots at nodes. Vanuatu Map Series 71: Sheet Anatom - 1994. Grid 715625 - Latitude 20°15'0, Longitude 169°46'0. Sam Channel - Vanuatu Department of Forests.
Observed species:
Panicum
Paspalum
Pinus caribaea
Paspalum
Pinus caribaea
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