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bundleflowers
Desmanthus
Desmanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words δεσμός (desmos), meaning "bundle", and ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower". It contains about 24 species of herbs and shrubs that are sometimes described as being suffruiticose and have bipinnate leaves. Desmanthus is closely related to Leucaena and in appearance is similar to Neptunia. Like Mimosa and Neptunia, Desmanthus species...
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Illinois bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus illinoensis

Wild Tantan
speciesDesmanthus virgatus

Velvet Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus velutinus

Prairie Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus leptolobus

Cooley's Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus cooleyi

Desmanthus fruticosus
speciesDesmanthus fruticosus

pigeon bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus pernambucanus

wild tantan
speciesDesmanthus acuminatus

Coville's Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus covillei

Netleaf Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus reticulatus

Desmanthus leptophyllus
speciesDesmanthus leptophyllus

Two-horn Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus bicornutus

Desmanthus oligospermus
speciesDesmanthus oligospermus

Dwarf Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus tatuhyensis

Desmanthus painteri
speciesDesmanthus painteri
Glandular Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus glandulosus

Desmanthus paspalaceus
speciesDesmanthus paspalaceus
Desmanthus pumilus
speciesDesmanthus pumilus

Desmanthus interior
speciesDesmanthus interior

Bluntpod Bundleflower
speciesDesmanthus obtusus

Desmanthus pubescens
speciesDesmanthus pubescens
Desmanthus hexapetalus
speciesDesmanthus hexapetalus
Desmanthus pringlei
speciesDesmanthus pringlei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 128700.