Hylodesmum

Hylodesmum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, sometimes called ticktrefoils^[3] or tick-trefoils.^[4] It is sometimes treated as part of Desmodium.^[5] It includes 16 species native to eastern North America, sub-Saharan Africa, Yemen, south, southeast, and eastern Asia, Malesia, and New Guinea.^[2]

Hylodesmum
Hylodesmum nudiflorum, nakedflower ticktrefoil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Desmodieae
Subtribe:	Desmodiinae
Genus:	Hylodesmum H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill (2000)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Papilionopsis Steenis (1960) Podocarpium (Benth.) Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang (1979)

Species

Species in Hylodesmum include:^[2][4][6]

• Hylodesmum densum (C.Chen & X.J.Cui) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum duclouxii (Pamp.) Y.F.Deng
• Hylodesmum glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum lancangense (Y.Y.Qian) X.Y.Zhu & H.Ohashi
• Hylodesmum laterale (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum laxum (DC.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum leptopus (A.Gray ex Benth.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum longipes (Franch.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum menglaense (C.Chen & X.J.Cui) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill^[7]
• Hylodesmum nudiflorum (L.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum oldhamii (Oliv.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum pauciflorum (Nutt.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum podocarpum (DC.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill
• Hylodesmum taiwanianum S.S.Ying
• Hylodesmum williamsii (H.Ohashi) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill