The tribe Desmodieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae. It is composed of two subtribes, Desmodiinae and Lespedezinae. Recent phylogenetics has this tribe nested within tribe Phaseoleae.
Genera The following genera are recognized by the USDA:
Desmodium clade Alysicarpus Desv. 1813 Bouffordia Christia Moench 1802 Codariocalyx Hassk. 1842 Desmodiastrum (Prain) A. Pramanik & Thoth. 1986
Desmodium Desv. 1813—tick clover Eleiotis DC. 1825 Grona Hegnera Schindl. 1924 Huangtcia Hylodesmum H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill 2000 Leptodesmia (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. 1865
Mecopus Benn. 1840 Melliniella Harms 1914 Monarthrocarpus Merr. 1910
Ototropis Nees Pleurolobus Polhillides
Pseudarthria Wight & Arn. 1834 Puhuaea Pycnospora R. Br. ex Wight & Arn. 1834 Sohmaea Sunhangia Tateishia Trifidacanthus Merr. 1917 Uraria Desv. 1813
Lespedeza clade Campylotropis Bunge 1835 Kummerowia Schindl. 1912 Lespedeza Michx. 1803—bush clovers, Japanese clovers
Phyllodium clade Akschindlium H.Ohashi 2003 Aphyllodium (DC.) Gagnep. 1916 Arthroclianthus Baill. 1870
Dendrolobium (Wight & Arn.) Benth. 1852
Droogmansia De Wild. 1902 Hanslia Schindl. 1924 Nephrodesmus Schindl. 1916 Ohwia H.Ohashi 1999 Ougeinia Benth. 1852 Phyllodium Desv. 1813 Tadehagi H. Ohashi 1973 Verdesmum H. Ohashi & K. Ohashi 2012
Phylogeny The following phylogenetic tree shows the relationships between different genera of the tribe Desmodieae.
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