Trifidacanthus

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Trifidacanthus
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Trifidacanthus unifoliolatus photographed in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Trifidacanthus
Merr. (1917)
Species:
T. unifoliolatus
Binomial name
Trifidacanthus unifoliolatus
Merr. (1917)
Synonyms [1]
  • Desmodium horridumSteenis (1978)
  • Desmodium unifoliolatum(Merr.) Steenis (1982)

Trifidacanthus unifoliolatus is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a shrub native to Vietnam, Hainan, the Philippines, and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It is the sole species in genus Trifidacanthus. [1] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.

References

  1. 1 2 "Trifidacanthus unifoliolatus Merr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 22 September 2023.