Desmodium incanum
TaxID: 564662
Basic Information
Desmodium incanum
Creeping Beggarweed, Tickclover
The Desmodium incanum of many older sources is actually Desmodium laxiflorum; see below. Desmodium incanum, also known as creeping beggarweed, Spanish clover, Spanish tick-trefoil or hitchhikers is a perennial plant native to Central and South America. In Hawai?i it is known as ka?imi or kaimi clover from the Hawaiian for "seeker". Initially introduced as forage crop around the world, it has spread to many places although it is no longer an important fodder crop. It is considered a weed both within and outside its native range. It has spread through Florida and across the southern USA into southern Texas and across many Pacific islands, including Hawai?i. The plant has branched runners for reproduction. Its leaves are elliptic in shape and are hairy, and its flowers are pink to rose in color. Very frustrating in agriculture are its seedpods, which when ripe easily break off from the plant. They are also covered in sticky hairs (trichomes) that stick to any rough surface such as skin and hairs of animals and clothing thus aiding spreading. D. incanum is valuable for its ability to fix Nitrogen and thus increase soil fertility, thus it is commonly used as an intercrop. There has been long-standing confusion about the correct scientific name. This was long held to be Desmodium canum, and therefore for quite some time D. incanum was believed to be the correct name for the plant today called Desmodium laxiflorum.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Streptophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Desmodium
incanum
Unclassified
Species
nan
d__Eukaryota;p__Streptophyta;c__Magnoliopsida;o__Fabales;f__Fabaceae;g__Desmodium;s__Desmodium incanum
nan
Weeds
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (1 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia | Present | — |
Distribution (75 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | Present | — |
| Angola | Present | — |
| Argentina | Present | — |
| Australia | Present | — |
| Burundi | Present | — |
| Bahamas | Present | — |
| Belize | Present | — |
| Bermuda | Present | — |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Present | — |
| Brazil | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
DNA Barcodes (11 records)
View allData source: BOLD.
| Process ID | BIN | Marker | Length | Country | Date | Lat/Lon | Sequence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHPAF926-11 | - | rbcLa | 552 | Costa Rica | 2010-10-27 | 10.889, -85.476 | |
| MHPAF925-11 | - | rbcLa | 552 | Costa Rica | 2010-10-27 | 10.889, -85.476 | |
| MHPAF924-11 | - | rbcLa | 552 | Costa Rica | 2010-10-27 | 10.889, -85.476 | |
| MHPAF785-11 | - | rbcLa | 552 | Costa Rica | 2010-07-26 | 10.883, -85.474 | |
| MHPAF784-11 | - | rbcLa | 552 | Costa Rica | 2010-07-26 | 10.883, -85.474 | |
| MHPAF783-11 | - | rbcLa | 552 | Costa Rica | 2010-07-26 | 10.883, -85.474 | |
| HPSCH118-22 | - | rbcL | 612 | Australia | 2016-12-09 | -26.472387, 153.07893 | |
| GBVS4411-13 | - | matK | 1515 | Puerto Rico | 2005-05-14 | 18.216225, -66.494255 | |
| GBITS24377-21 | - | ITS | 592 | Japan | 2002-01-01 | - | |
| CALAK433-10 | - | rbcLa | 551 | Mexico | 1996-02-11 | 18.016666, -89.183334 |
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