Desmodium intortum
(Mill.) Urb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Desmodium intortum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 021 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
giftgenome & karyotype
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Desmodium intortum, known as greenleaf desmodium and also as beggarlice along with other members of its genus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Desmodium, native to Mexico, Central America, northern South America, the Galápagos, Haiti and Jamaica. A nitrogen-fixing fodder crop, it has been introduced to the rest of the world's tropics, including Africa, India, Australia, New Guinea and Taiwan Desmodium intortum is used in push–pull agricultural pest management since it contains potent secondary metabolites that are released into the soil and aerially. Inter-cropped in maize and sorghum fields, it repels Chilo partellus, a stem-boring grass moth, and suppresses witchweeds, including Asiatic witchweed (Striga asiatica) and purple witchweed (S. hermonthica).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction28
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment31
Physiology & chemistry21
Uses & economy15
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Desmodium intortum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds7 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal | present | LOTUS | |
| (2R,3S,4S,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal | present | LOTUS | |
| D-(-)-Fructose | present | LOTUS | |
| D-ononitol | present | LOTUS | |
| Galactopinitol | present | LOTUS | |
| Stachyose | present | LOTUS | |
| Sugars | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Desmodium intortum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Desmodium intortum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 227×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +2
2n 241×GIFT · GIFT (floras)
n 111×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type2 021 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions59 of 107 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 212 |
| Mexico City, MX | 98 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 55 |
| Kew, GB | 50 |
| Brisbane, AU | 39 |
| Taipei, TW | 34 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 32 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 31 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 28 |
| Durango, MX | 28 |
| Taipei, TW | 19 |
| Smithfield, AU | 18 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 17 |
| Austin, US | 17 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 14 |
| Xiamen, CN | 14 |
| San José, CR | 11 |
| Canberra, AU | 11 |
| Aarhus, DK | 10 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 10 |
| Bronx, US | 9 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 8 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 8 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 7 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 7 |
| Tapachula, MX | 6 |
| Chicago, US | 6 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 6 |
| CASlocation not on record | 6 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 5 |
| Honolulu, US | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 5 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 5 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 5 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| León, NI | 4 |
| Austin, US | 4 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 4 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Loja, EC | 3 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 3 |
| Quito, EC | 3 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| San Francisco, US | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record | 3 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 2 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 2 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 2 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 2 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 2 |
| Mérida, MX | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Managua, NI | 2 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 2 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 2 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Indiana State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Lubbock, US | 1 |
| Santiago de Cali, CO | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| COLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| CUVClocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.